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[OVRGRO]

bama dropout and even i figured out how to mine  i actually swam there over a decade ago... i live 30 minutes from the swamp now. i'm not saying our fanbase isn't rabid enough, but i think we could support our own crypto. who's down to mine bamacoin with their s5's with me lol

[dmwardjr]

bama dropout and even i figured out how to mine   i actually swam there over a decade ago... i live 30 minutes from the swamp now. i'm not saying our fanbase isn't rabid enough, but i think we could support our own crypto. who's down to mine bamacoin with their s5's with me lol

I'm down with using an S5 to mine Bamacoin!

Might like the name, "TideCoin" more.   

[xstr8guy]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

The ASICMiner BE200 is 40nm. Friedcat is very far away from 14nm. They'd be lucky to have a 28nm chip before the middle of 2015.

[mavericklm]

s1 and s2 are using bm1380 55nm
s3, s4 and c1 are using bm1382 28nm
....

AM can go to other nodes like 32nm, 28nm or even 22nm. going down in the proces fabrication is much easyer then making a brand new chip from scratch.

[Undefeatable]

I actually prefer them to do S5 as cloud mining, shipment is too costly. Big determine factor for ROI.

[dropt]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

The ASICMiner BE200 is 40nm. Friedcat is very far away from 14nm. They'd be lucky to have a 28nm chip before the middle of 2015.

Well then FC must have horseshoes up his ass, because rumour has it that AM taped out 28nm in Sept.

[raskul]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

The ASICMiner BE200 is 40nm. Friedcat is very far away from 14nm. They'd be lucky to have a 28nm chip before the middle of 2015.

Well then FC must have horseshoes up his ass, because rumour has it that AM taped out 28nm in Sept.

so, end of january, beginning feb for new Am rigs?

[Speedster1978]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

The ASICMiner BE200 is 40nm. Friedcat is very far away from 14nm. They'd be lucky to have a 28nm chip before the middle of 2015.

Well then FC must have horseshoes up his ass, because rumour has it that AM taped out 28nm in Sept.

so, end of january, beginning feb for new Am rigs?

I'm assuming by "new Am rigs" you mean the Antminer S5?

[raskul]

They might use 16nm chip for S5 and push down the watt per gh/s down to like 0.2.

doubt anyone is that far with 14nm in relation to bitcoin mining atm.

Allthough.. if anyone could be.. it would be bitmain or friedcat i would guess..

The ASICMiner BE200 is 40nm. Friedcat is very far away from 14nm. They'd be lucky to have a 28nm chip before the middle of 2015.

Well then FC must have horseshoes up his ass, because rumour has it that AM taped out 28nm in Sept.

so, end of january, beginning feb for new Am rigs?

I'm assuming by "new Am rigs" you mean the Antminer S5?

no.

[dropt]

so, end of january, beginning feb for new Am rigs?

Details aren't too clear.  My understanding is that they went in on an MPW to validate the design, so first chips expected in Dec.  I would guess we might start seeing new AM (ASICMiner) HW sometime in Mar '15.

[raskul]

so, end of january, beginning feb for new Am rigs?

Details aren't too clear.  My understanding is that they went in on an MPW to validate the design, so first chips expected in Dec.  I would guess we might start seeing new AM (ASICMiner) HW sometime in Mar '15.

Interesting. Of late, AM have struggled to keep up with efficiency of other h/w. Do you think we can expect something competitive or will someone else trump them to w/GH?

I'm hedging my bets, i find all this quite exciting, as we approach a heavy level of difficulty which could, in essence render everything currently hashing, unprofitable. Interesting times.

[dropt]

Interesting. Of late, AM have struggled to keep up with efficiency of other h/w. Do you think we can expect something competitive or will someone else trump them to w/GH?

Personally, I'll be surprised if AM is ever really relevant again.  They had the industry by the balls and managed to screw it up over and over. 

I'm hedging my bets, i find all this quite exciting, as we approach a heavy level of difficulty which could, in essence render everything currently hashing, unprofitable. Interesting times.

Well KnC thinks they'll hit 0.07W/GH in 2015.  Who knows if that'll ever come to light, but that would be the end of the line right there.

[Undefeatable]

Any news on this S5 yet? Being waiting so long..

[dmwardjr]

Any news on this S5 yet? Being waiting so long..

Probably the only chance of hearing something SOON will be Cyber Monday.  If nothing then, I don't expect to hear anything till end of January to mid February.  More than likely Bitmain will be more patient and make sure it is properly field tested to avoid further hits on reputation.  Although, I still feel Bitmain has the most reliable rigs in the industry at a competitive price.

[raskul]

I hope that they are mining with them already because when they eventually get round to shipping out, it won't put difficulty up by much

[mavericklm]

)))))) u nuts! )))

they are mining for sure! it should have been announced on 17! from stock! so they are minint atm. that's y the last 10% jump, maybe... and now they try to clean up the house, selling old gear... if we dont see something, already,  on the market already is because of huge old stock!

[Undefeatable]

Now that they did some black friday deals on S4, I am pretty sure once S4 is sold out they will announce S5.

[dropt]

Now that they did some black friday deals on S4, I am pretty sure once S4 is sold out they will announce S5.

What black friday deals?

[Biodom]

Any news on this S5 yet? Being waiting so long..

Probably the only chance of hearing something SOON will be Cyber Monday.  If nothing then, I don't expect to hear anything till end of January to mid February.  More than likely Bitmain will be more patient and make sure it is properly field tested to avoid further hits on reputation.  Although, I still feel Bitmain has the most reliable rigs in the industry at a competitive price.

It is NOT going to happen because all coupons were extended to Dec 15.

[raskul]

Now that they did some black friday deals on S4, I am pretty sure once S4 is sold out they will announce S5.

What black friday deals?

there was a scam site which robbed people, offering massive bitmain discounts. perhaps that news hasn't filtered through to some yet.