[ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs

[mavericklm]

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[Biffa]

Between 475 and 500

[klondike_bar]

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approx 8*3*3*6 (plus another 8*3) = ~450-460 units. This is one building, apparently 3 were in the compound

[Biffa]

start counting!

approx 8*3*3*6 (plus another 8*3) = ~450-460 units. This is one building, apparently 3 were in the compound

Has there been any investigation as to the cause? I know the owners are keen to put it behind them and move on. Personally I don't see it being caused by a miner. But then the finished pictures paint a much more professional setup than it looked in earlier pics, or the aftermath pics.

What I haven't seen is any pictures of the other side of the miners before the fire, the power side of the racks. That is what most people seem to be interested to see, it does seem a bit strange that there isn't anything showing that part of the setup, because for a minimal cost mine the finished photos like a damn site better finished than most.

Yes they didn't have many things that a professional datacentre should have, but then thats not what its about, you can't achieve ROI if you build or hire a professional datacentre for mining anymore.

I'd still like to see the business end of the racks and detail of how they were wired up, but I suspect that won't happen.

[wh00per]

If you are having weird behavior in SP3x : upgrade to 2.4.9 2.5.9. If all works well - don't.
Good day.

I guess I'll skip this one. The last update made it perfect http://powerprice.info/SPT/graphic.php

[wh00per]

Some SP20 Pr0n

Pr0n means "naked" .. that's fully dressed :p

[opentoe]

True when they called about the fire. I can see in the miner stats that the fire was already 1 hour going. So they where all sleeping ;-).  and stupid me trusted them with all this equipment. That's my big mistake. But again, I can't turn back time. No one hurt and a lesson learned.

Man, you are VERY passive for losing a ton of money and profit. You must be some rich kid playing with mom's money or never earned the money yourself? Usually when you earn money and lose it, it hurts a lot more then when just given to you.

I have patient with your weekend trolling, started after I didn't agree to a deal you requested privately.

I don't have patient for your inappropriate and wicked comments here and before.

Guy

I don't think I used the message system here in months. I think you got the wrong dude, also my comments aren't even near being wicked. I've seen a lot worse.

[opentoe]

True when they called about the fire. I can see in the miner stats that the fire was already 1 hour going. So they where all sleeping ;-).  and stupid me trusted them with all this equipment. That's my big mistake. But again, I can't turn back time. No one hurt and a lesson learned.

Man, you are VERY passive for losing a ton of money and profit. You must be some rich kid playing with mom's money or never earned the money yourself? Usually when you earn money and lose it, it hurts a lot more then when just given to you.

I have patient with your weekend trolling, started after I didn't agree to a deal you requested privately.

I don't have patient for your inappropriate and wicked comments here and before.

Guy

there are names for people like opentoe - EXTORTIONISTS.
the lowest of the low, when they don't get what they think they deserve (contrary to what they actually deserve in real terms) they begin the bullying attempts and threatening behaviour.

sad to see in a community which was firstly designed to be a collective effort.

PS> no point trying to belittle me opentoe - you've been on ignore for months. carry on.

What the heck does extortion have to do with anything? Show me one post I've been an extortionist and/or displayed threatening behavior towards someone. You won't come up with anything, because there is none.
Do you even know what extortion means? You are saying I'm obtaining something here through force or violence? I think maybe all these lost profits and low BTC price has made people crazy.

[opentoe]

Some SP20 Pr0n

Nice large pictures. When do you think you'll ROI on that?

[Blazed]

Some SP20 Pr0n

Nice large pictures. When do you think you'll ROI on that?

He will get some ROI after it submits its first share.

[Biffa]

Some SP20 Pr0n

Pr0n means "naked" .. that's fully dressed :p

Nekkid SP20!

Top off!



Money Shot!



Hashing Boards!







Controller Board!



Video:

Fan @ 80%

[Ski72]

wow so I got my SP 30 and the boards fell on top of each other ! don't know if it was in shipping or whenever I have a bad feeling this thing is DOA

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e02gb3gjxowvaek/WP_20141106_18_23_47_Pro%5B1%5D.jpg?dl=0


https://www.dropbox.com/s/uod47xkjbfqri91/WP_20141106_18_23_56_Pro%5B1%5D.jpg?dl=0


I guess now I have to take it apart and restack the boards I'll post more pics in a few

I had the same problem with one of mine as well and after disassembly, I found a chunk had been taken out of one of the VRMs.

I'll post pic's as well.

edit:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5RTZxNzRodkVqOTA/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5ekd4eTVjemVkNTQ/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5d2xydExJRThVZEE/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5LXBBblpEWWo1djg/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5Y2kxTHFtYUJBTlE/view?usp=sharing

[samsonn25]

After the fire in Thailand on the mining farm.

How can they make up this fictitious amount for 100 Spoondolies?

Spondoolies-Tech confirmed that much of the hardware used in the facility was sourced from them.

The manufacturer's CEO, Guy Corem, told CoinDesk that he had visited the site in late June, when it was primarily populated by about 1,000 Dragon miners and around 100 Spondoolies-Tech miners.

Corem said the facility was expanded shortly after his visit, with hundreds of Spondoolies-Tech SP30 miners. These had operated for more than two months without incident and technical data indicates they were cooled properly, he added.

'Kosher' operation

There has been no official word on the extent of damage suffered by the facility. It is estimated that the farm housed upwards of 2,000 miners when it was destroyed, including about $2m-worth from Spondoolies-Tech alone.

100 sp30 at 2 million is 20k each.  Someone is sharpening the pencil in accounting.

Pay attention to timing please. There were no SP30 in June. Those are SP10 miners...

So 2 million for 100 Sp10 miners is 20k each, even more outrageous.  LOL

[jtoomim]

The manufacturer's CEO, Guy Corem, told CoinDesk that he had visited the site in late June, when it was primarily populated by about 1,000 Dragon miners and around 100 Spondoolies-Tech miners.

Corem said the facility was expanded shortly after his visit, with hundreds of Spondoolies-Tech SP30 miners...

... including about $2m-worth from Spondoolies-Tech alone.

Pay attention to timing please. There were no SP30 in June. Those are SP10 miners...

So 2 million for 100 Sp10 miners is 20k each, even more outrageous.  LOL

There were about 100 SP10s in June, but then they added hundreds (note the plural) of SP30s. 400 SP30s plus 100 SP10s would cost around US$2m.

[Marvell1]

wow so I got my SP 30 and the boards fell on top of each other ! don't know if it was in shipping or whenever I have a bad feeling this thing is DOA

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e02gb3gjxowvaek/WP_20141106_18_23_47_Pro%5B1%5D.jpg?dl=0


https://www.dropbox.com/s/uod47xkjbfqri91/WP_20141106_18_23_56_Pro%5B1%5D.jpg?dl=0


I guess now I have to take it apart and restack the boards I'll post more pics in a few

I had the same problem with one of mine as well and after disassembly, I found a chunk had been taken out of one of the VRMs.

I'll post pic's as well.

edit:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5RTZxNzRodkVqOTA/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5ekd4eTVjemVkNTQ/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5d2xydExJRThVZEE/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5LXBBblpEWWo1djg/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBetSBebWC5Y2kxTHFtYUJBTlE/view?usp=sharing

cant see any of the pics except for the top two but yup that's the same issue I had

[jtoomim]

Is anyone else getting errors like this on firmware 2.5.7 and 2.5.9?

Code:

LOOP[8] ON
24: disabled (Asic all engines fail BIST)
25: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:749) 50W  74A  38c] ASIC:[ 85c (120c) 580hz(BL: 580)   18 (E:193) F:0]
26: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:669 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:749) 48W  71A  38c] ASIC:[ 85c (120c) 555hz(BL: 555)   12 (E:193) F:0]

They get cleared by restarting minergate, seem to happen at random, and often come with very large (0.5 to 2 TH/s) reductions in hashrate. I started to get them recently on our machines, and they annoy me.

In other news, I did another test on the effects of fan speed at lower temperature (around 9C -- it's night here now), and they came out 4 GH/s in favor of 70. My guess is that at intake temps above 17C, fan speeds at 80 are better, and below 16C, fan speeds at 70 are better.

[samsonn25]

The manufacturer's CEO, Guy Corem, told CoinDesk that he had visited the site in late June, when it was primarily populated by about 1,000 Dragon miners and around 100 Spondoolies-Tech miners.

Corem said the facility was expanded shortly after his visit, with hundreds of Spondoolies-Tech SP30 miners...

... including about $2m-worth from Spondoolies-Tech alone.

Pay attention to timing please. There were no SP30 in June. Those are SP10 miners...

So 2 million for 100 Sp10 miners is 20k each, even more outrageous.  LOL

There were about 100 SP10s in June, but then they added hundreds (note the plural) of SP30s. 400 SP30s plus 100 SP10s would cost around US$2m.

http://www.coindesk.com/gallery-fire-destroys-thai-bitcoin-mining-facility/

[Bicknellski]

The Real News:

"Our goal is to get to 0.05 W/GHs, 0.03 $/GHs miners by mid 2015 and power more than 30% of the bitcoin network," Corem explained, adding that he believes these figures will help the company match its rival firms in the US and China.

Spondoolies-Tech is looking to release a 28nm ASIC, as well as two custom 16nm ASICs, by the second half of 2015, the total costs of which will be north of $7m, he estimated.

What does the competition have?

Given that projection I don't see anyone in direct competition with SPTech come mid 2015.

[Mabsark]

The Real News:

"Our goal is to get to 0.05 W/GHs, 0.03 $/GHs miners by mid 2015 and power more than 30% of the bitcoin network," Corem explained, adding that he believes these figures will help the company match its rival firms in the US and China.

Spondoolies-Tech is looking to release a 28nm ASIC, as well as two custom 16nm ASICs, by the second half of 2015, the total costs of which will be north of $7m, he estimated.

What does the competition have?

Given that projection I don't see anyone in direct competition with SPTech come mid 2015.

Well, we all know how good Spondoolies' projections turn out to be. With AM, Bitfury and Spondoolies all talking 0.2 J/Gh for the next generation of ASICs early next year, 0.05 J/Gh mid 2015 for the generation after that is clearly marketing bullshit.

As for the competition, I'm not sure when Spondoolies' are expecting their next gen ASIC, but AM have already taped out gen 4 mid-September and are expecting the samples in December.

[Bicknellski]

The Real News:

"Our goal is to get to 0.05 W/GHs, 0.03 $/GHs miners by mid 2015 and power more than 30% of the bitcoin network," Corem explained, adding that he believes these figures will help the company match its rival firms in the US and China.

Spondoolies-Tech is looking to release a 28nm ASIC, as well as two custom 16nm ASICs, by the second half of 2015, the total costs of which will be north of $7m, he estimated.

What does the competition have?

Given that projection I don't see anyone in direct competition with SPTech come mid 2015.

Well, we all know how good Spondoolies' projections turn out to be. With AM, Bitfury and Spondoolies all talking 0.2 J/Gh for the next generation of ASICs early next year, 0.05 J/Gh mid 2015 for the generation after that is clearly marketing bullshit.

I don't think they have been out that much on their projections. I will gladly be embarrassed and you can rub it my face if they don't hit those numbers by that date. In terms of their team they are clearly ahead of the rest.

I respectfully disagree this is clearly a challenge that if not accepted leaves only SPTech at the top. I don't see how it is profitable even at those prices for SPTech given the weak BTC unless they have a crystal ball and that to me is where issues could be worrisome for any investors. Then again if others fail to keep up 30% of the network will be a low estimate.

Isn't AM having issues with shipping late 1 month now on their current units? I would be more worried about AM given that hiccup. Seems like AM are slipping here not SPTech.

I think if AM is not careful they might just become an SPTech customer to keep things like their creative but questionable investment AM/HASH cloud you are advertising competitive. I can see why you might be bias against the SPTech guys given your lean.

These partnerships, Corem suggested, may prove essential given that Spondoolies-Tech's customer base increasingly consists of enterprise-level clients.

Corem estimates that less than 20% of his company's sales are direct to consumers, a figure that suggests the recent rise of industrial-scale mining is having an impact on this market.