LIGHTNINGASIC LA100M,100MHS SCRYPT Miner, USD1999; LA1THS, USD1750.shipped out!

[CaptainBeck]

gives out the free testiing sample according:
1, coding ability.can develop it, make good review.
2, area. hope to send it to different place.
3, time in the forum.

ahhh on coding.

I'm doing a phd in computer science, I'm fairly good at coding.

[gamersglory]

I really wanted to try one out.

[Cheshyr]

Nice photos.  Looks a lot like the reference design, but with a twist.

[asiabtc]

good news.
free sample sent out today.later i will post out the tracking no.

[Hechay]

I wanna to test! I'm from Asia!

[120th]

This miner works with all scrypt-coins or LTC ?

[CaptainBeck]

This miner works with all scrypt-coins or LTC ?

Scrypt is Scrypt.... should all work on anything that is scrypt.

[asiabtc]

it supprot scrhypt algo. how to rig, its control by miner sw: cgminer, cpuminer.

This miner works with all scrypt-coins or LTC ?

[Cheshyr]

The way I understand it, the GC3355 is 2 independent hashing interfaces in a single package, with just a little bit of overlap.  Scrypt actually has an SHA256 component at the beginning and end, so there is room for efficient workload sharing, much the same way you can merged mine Bitcoin and Namecoin.  The chips were made available at an event in either late November or early December, along with a reference design.  Manufacturers are free to use and modify the reference design.  

It sounds like LightningASIC is one of the initial developers, and these are their early demo units.  When I design a product, I usually do a small pre-production run...  100-500 units...  to test the manufacturing procedures and work out any issues with the process.  The larger number of units also allows for reasonable statistics collection, to find glitches and trends you wouldn't find on the small number of prototype units.  I usually pass off these pre-production units to sales for use in demos, trade shows, and to gather one last round of feedback in customer trials.

If I had to guess, these are pre-production units that passed the QC process, and LightningASIC is using them to gather feedback and generate interest in their product.

[firejuan]

http://611331750630.fm.alibaba.com/product/156151732-0/Bitcoin_Litecoin_combo_ASIC_Mining_machine_rig_miner_100GHS_SHA256_3MHS_scrypt_.html

http://611331750630.fm.alibaba.com/product/155537225-0/Bitcoin_Litecoin_combo_ASIC_Mining_machine_rig_miner_200GHS_SHA256_6MHS_scrypt_.html

I am really beging to qustion Mr. Jack Liao.  He supposedly has no stock yet he can supply 1000 pieces per month.  It has been stated by the manufacturer Gridchip that their only authorized retailer is diginforce as previously posted in this thread.

Mr. Liao would you care to enlighten us on how you are able to obtain  so many pieces when only a few hundred units were released for beta testing?

[redmonski]

I think the 1,000 pcs refers to the production capacity of the factory. 

[asiabtc]

the 3 pcs Review samples has been sent out.its on the way by dhl.
Volunteers, pls add my skype. let me send u the guide how to use it.
thanks.

[apollojmr]

How can I buy one of these?

[macioman]

How can I buy one of these?

+1

[asiabtc]

you can contact with me by email, skype to confirm the ETA for next batch.

How can I buy one of these?

+1

[Cheshyr]

The part that interests me about these hybrid chips is what it'll do the BTC/LTC exchange rates.  Right now, https://btc-e.com/exchange/ltc_btc shows an exchange rate of 0.02718.  This hardware hashes at 33333:1 BTC:LTC, which sounds like an implied exchange rate of 0.00003.  It feels like there's something here that might be used to turn a profit, but it's eluding me at the moment.  Ideas?

[PotatoMcGruff]

The part that interests me about these hybrid chips is what it'll do the BTC/LTC exchange rates.  Right now, https://btc-e.com/exchange/ltc_btc shows an exchange rate of 0.02718.  This hardware hashes at 33333:1 BTC:LTC, which sounds like an implied exchange rate of 0.00003.  It feels like there's something here that might be used to turn a profit, but it's eluding me at the moment.  Ideas?

Except it doesn't work out that way because of the difference in difficulty levels...

[Cheshyr]

Except it doesn't work out that way because of the difference in difficulty levels...

Good point.  And we have to factor in current network hash rates and stuff.  It doesn't seem like a complex calculation to figure out, but it's a unique situation created by this new product line.

[timk225]

Send me one (or more) for testing and a full written review.  PM me.

[romang]

Please send me one for review  via PM