KNC just posted pics of their case, PCB samples coming next week \o/

[dogie]

Exactly.  The "prettiness" of the case has to be about the stupidest complaint for any industrial device.  Personally I would be happy if any ASIC manufacturer just delivered boards.  A board in a ghetto rack hashing today is worth a LOT more than a board is some pretty backordered case which will ship in "two weeks".

Case design is about longevity. As a broker I'd prefer for my clients hardware to survive being shipped round the globe. Some of my Avalons have taken more flights in 6 months than I have in my entire life.

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[greenbtc]

I'm not trying to start a conspiracy theory here as I'm sure they just moved it to get it out of the way, but it is interesting nonetheless.

Bitcoinorama, since you are the uploader of this video, just curious--were you there at the open day?

Of course he was.  And if that doesn't give you room for another conspiracy theory you aren't trying to start, I don't what could.

Thanks, I'll get right on coming up with something.

[Bitcoinorama]

I'm not trying to start a conspiracy theory here as I'm sure they just moved it to get it out of the way, but it is interesting nonetheless.

Bitcoinorama, since you are the uploader of this video, just curious--were you there at the open day?

Of course he was.  And if that doesn't give you room for another conspiracy theory you aren't trying to start, I don't what could.

Thanks, I'll get right on coming up with something.

Maybe a little off topic, but here is a video from their YouTube channel demonstrating on of the robotic arms they had dotted around their office. Sounds like Marcus on the voiceover. It uses their openrisc processor;

http://youtu.be/Lv1Gow7WZxM

[fpgaminer]

The FUD in this thread is astounding.

KNC, thanks for the update; it's nice to see things coming along.

[Cablez]

It looks like they have not changed the airflow profile in the case design any.  I wonder what the deltaT is going to be from the front 'cooler' chips to the rear 'hotter' ones. A linear airflow would have been more ideal. Oh well caseless it is.

[SirWizz]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

Don't you get tired of pretending to be smarter than just about everyone else? I can see it now, the big failure... clearly, KNC should've entrusted you with the design, as the OrSOC engineers obviously know nothing about chip design/thermals .

[kano]

those cases will not survive shipment.

wtf is this lol.

it is ugly, not durable, looking cheap and disgusting.

terrible design.

it is such a shame...

LOL,

go buy a BFL product. Decent Design but you'll never see it.

I don't thing any sane person cares what the case looks like as long as the device hashes. I'd prefer mine to look like a trashcan, no one would ever steal it!

Yet this is an example of one of the rarest and endangered butterflies on earth;

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/5015fc3486176144c53751877/images/P1010328c39ef4.JPG

Actually they aren't that rare any more at all ...

[ultrix]

Why 5V external power?  Most ATX PSU are designed to deliver most of their power on the 12V rail(s).

+1 to why external power.  I thought these were supposed to be professional mining machines?  Who has a rack full of machines with external power supplies hanging off of them like dingle berries?

[Bitcoinorama]

those cases will not survive shipment.

wtf is this lol.

it is ugly, not durable, looking cheap and disgusting.

terrible design.

it is such a shame...

LOL,

go buy a BFL product. Decent Design but you'll never see it.

I don't thing any sane person cares what the case looks like as long as the device hashes. I'd prefer mine to look like a trashcan, no one would ever steal it!

Yet this is an example of one of the rarest and endangered butterflies on earth;

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/5015fc3486176144c53751877/images/P1010328c39ef4.JPG

Actually they aren't that rare any more at all ...

Haha that was only a joke as it rolled with the banter. Nothing serious.

[dogie]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

Don't you get tired of pretending to be smarter than just about everyone else? I can see it now, the big failure... clearly, KNC should've entrusted you with the design, as the OrSOC engineers obviously know nothing about chip design/thermals .

I've worked with 100s of desktop based heatsinks, but whatever go ahead. They still never explained their simulations that were FAILED.

Enjoy your vapourware/house fire.

[glendall]

THose 4 fans just look like off-the-shelf Noctua coolers to me.  Not implying anything... I trust KNC myself...but just saying...

[ASIC-K]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

Ohhhh such an expert! LOL!

[YipYip]

https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-28

KNC is looking good so far IMO. Can't wait to see the PCB samples next week...

Cool ..then put your money where your mouth is !!!

http://bitbet.us/bet/472/kncminer-will-deliver-asic-devices-before-october-1st/

Or are you a little biatch ! 

[Spotswood]

It looks like they have not changed the airflow profile in the case design any.  I wonder what the deltaT is going to be from the front 'cooler' chips to the rear 'hotter' ones. A linear airflow would have been more ideal. Oh well caseless it is.

All I need is a simple drawing of the mounting holes.   

[Bitcoinorama]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

Don't you get tired of pretending to be smarter than just about everyone else? I can see it now, the big failure... clearly, KNC should've entrusted you with the design, as the OrSOC engineers obviously know nothing about chip design/thermals .

I've worked with 100s of desktop based heatsinks, but whatever go ahead. They still never explained their simulations that were FAILED.

Enjoy your vapourware/house fire.

Gee, a specialist IC/ASIC design team in business for over a decade, or armchair expert that can't spell his own namesake;

do·gie also do·gy   (dg)
n. pl. do·gies Western U.S.
A stray or motherless calf.
[Origin unknown.]
Regional Note: In the language of the American West, a motherless calf is known as a dogie. In Western Words Ramon F. Adams gives one possible etymology for dogie, whose origin is unknown. During the 1880s, when a series of harsh winters left large numbers of orphaned calves, the little calves, weaned too early, were unable to digest coarse range grass, and their swollen bellies "very much resembled a batch of sourdough carried in a sack." Such a calf was referred to as dough-guts. The term, altered to dogie according to Adams, "has been used ever since throughout cattleland to refer to a pot-gutted orphan calf."

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dogie

As opposed to;

dog·gy or dog·gie   (dôg, dg)
n. pl. dog·gies
A dog, especially a small one.
adj. dog·gi·er, dog·gi·est
Of or suggestive of a dog; doggish.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doggy

[Loredo]

The FUD in this thread is astounding.

KNC, thanks for the update; it's nice to see things coming along.

Yeah, a lot of FUD, but also just a lot of fatuous pontificating, and second guessing the professionals.  

That's why it's a fun read.  It's like listening to sports talk radio.  It not only the opinions of the callers that are a hoot, it's the self-righteous certainty with which they hold those opinions which makes it funny.

[CYPER]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

Heatsinks are Arctic i/A30 which are rated for Max. Cooling Capacity 320 Watts
You are some sort of an expert, aren't you?

[Phinnaeus Gage]

those cases will not survive shipment.

wtf is this lol.

it is ugly, not durable, looking cheap and disgusting.

terrible design.

it is such a shame...

LOL,

go buy a BFL product. Decent Design but you'll never see it.

I don't thing any sane person cares what the case looks like as long as the device hashes. I'd prefer mine to look like a trashcan, no one would ever steal it!

Another option is Avalon: excellent design, but held up in customs.

Once in hand, host them at Zhou Tong's data center until the relic collect take them.

What coins you do gain mining, store them at Mt Gox where you can retrieve them 24/7, albeit which 24/7 is anybody's guess.

[erk]

Wait wait wait wait wait... that's they're Jupiter cooling? ROFLMAO. Those heatsinks are rated for peak of ~140W, not 250. And they think they can exhaust 1kw of heat with 2 standard 120mm fans?

My 1x250mm 1x200mm, 5x140mm and 2x120mm case was struggling with 800-900W. I told you those thermal simulations were really, really wrong.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, KNC lives in the clouds.

You are obviously clueless, I suggest you check the specs of the components before pretending you know better.

http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/cpu/473/freezer-a30.html

And the case fans are clearly 140mm. unless my eyes device me. Remember the case is 200mm high, about 4.5RU.

[DPoS]

https://www.kncminer.com/news/news-28

KNC is looking good so far IMO. Can't wait to see the PCB samples next week...

Cool ..then put your money where your mouth is !!!

http://bitbet.us/bet/472/kncminer-will-deliver-asic-devices-before-october-1st/

Or are you a little biatch ! 

we did, by buying miners!!  This seems more like a hedge bet anyway