This brings up another topic. The chinese has leapfrogged us in technology, and we have yet to realize it... in the mainstream its something we talk about happening "possibly" in the future. But looking at the miners: asia is at 7nm (such as the latest SHA256 miners, and 5nm coming?)... and we can't make our own medical masks. jesus... im afraid. I feel like we are just a system of finance, laws/patents.
This is probably why Taiwan is such a hot button topic. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Intel, AMD, and others are all ordering from TSMC.
Im happy to share the any information on the the actual mining manufactorer, and mining rig information. Anything to move away from bitmains. i just am not sure how my employers would feel about quoting companies we are on friendly terms (that aren't mining manufactorers), thats all.
Do you have any info on the actual chips? All I can ever find online are things like "It uses a BM1387 for hashing" etc, but never any specifics about these chips. Were they designed by Bitmain, then sent off to TSMC for mass production?
I'm curious, as I just started playing around with VHDL and FPGAs, so I'm pondering doing a design as a hobby/side project.