Have we worked out that these are standalone devices? i.e. if you just buy one A10 then you don't need anything else? Just http to the management interface on the miner itself?
Does that mean that if you have the choice of running them individually, each unit plugged into a switch ala most other miners out there, or you can just have one plugged into the network and all the others daisy chained off that one miner via rj45 cables?
A miner consists of 2 hash boards and a MMU. the PMU is gone. The MMU ( miner management unit ) has two versions, and this will quickly transition to 1 version.
The first version uses the old style rasb pi to AUC. My best estimate is that only a few machines will be built in that style.
In parallel we are finalizing test on a new style MMU that has RJ45 instead of the old 5 pin connector. with this version, the PI will be gone, the AUC will be gone and machines will daisy chain over ethernet. no real limit on how many you can chain..
This MMU is up and working, final gerber released and so mass pro will switch over ASAP. If you get a AUC version, we will probably have a replacement MMU ( with RJ45) to upgrade. I ordered the parts to do this.
I know they might just want to sound "advanced" and all, but that description is kinda scary. AI System On Chip? What else does that thing do besides handling the Asics?
The AI chip is here
https://kendryte.com/https://kendryte.com/downloads/it's not scary.
... and I checked one mining on the pool, it was getting 31.89TH/s for an hour of shares.
(advertised rate is 31+TH/s)
I was running at 38TH earlier today at 40C in the enviromental test lab. fun times.
Hmmmm, that would be interesting to see them go back. Maybe they noticed MicroBT's results. I think it's more likely whoever made the product information page slipped up a little. In the past it's generally a copy past of older hardware then they edit it with the new specs. We'll just have to wait on Steven to come back and enlighten us a bit.
Biffa-
I think there will still be need for the controller, not positive. For the networking I believe that you will be using the rj45 cables in place of the AUC cables. So only 1 device whether that be the PI/Controller is connected to the router/switch, then the rest are connected in the same fashion as previous models just a different cable.
I could be wrong but that's my understanding of the info given. I'm interested to hear more from Steven on this, it's all pretty cool. Especially the option to have a built in PSU or not.
Nope its 16nm because the wafer cost per TH on yeilded die is lower on 16nm than 7nm.
No controller required in the RJ45 version, cgminer runs on the AI chip, dual core risc V.
I think the option with the non integrated PSU will probably rule the day, especially when folks figure out that if you have the right PSU, you can run it above 31TH.. (31 TH is running about 1/2 the max clock) you'll take an effciiency hit that more than pays for itself at lower power prices.
The purchasing decision and operating decisions become a bit more complex when you look at running the machine in max effciency mode ( say 24TH ) versus running it in max hash rate mode ( 38+ today) And how do I just put one number on the spec sheet? and then you have to factor in how efficiency changes with ambient temp.
Its almost like an AI problem. just kidding. But I do foresee customers who will now have fine grain control of the frequency that is tied to the actual operating conditions of their farm.
