Is Bitmain retooling its labs for a die shrink to anything below 28nm??

[lovenlifelarge]

Without a retool to anything below 28nm i can't see them getting anymore punch from there current 28nm chipset... Its gone thru 3 versions now & its time to ramp it up a little or is it time for the average punter to move over to Spondoolies-Tech???

[xstr8guy]

Without a retool to anything below 28nm i can't see them getting anymore punch from there current 28nm chipset... Its gone thru 3 versions now & its time to ramp it up a little or is it time for the average punter to move over to Spondoolies-Tech???

Bitmain doesn't manufacturer their own chips. They use a fab like everyone else.

[alh]

While Bitmain doesn't fab their own chips, there's usually a significant cost to step from 28nm to another process geometry. New rules, design tools, and such make it resemble a "retooling" even if it's more like engineering design and software changes. Miner manufacturers have to decide if they want to make that "investment".

[philipma1957]

my guess is an s-6 using .38 watts at the wall vs the s-5 using .51 watt at the wall

[alh]

Doesn't it seem "natural" that if there is an S6 it will be using S5 chips? That's pretty much their style for the previous miners they produced e.g. S1/S2, S3/S4).

[Shazam!!!]

Doesn't it seem "natural" that if there is an S6 it will be using S5 chips? That's pretty much their style for the previous miners they produced e.g. S1/S2, S3/S4).

I'm glad someone else can see that pattern as well. I'd speculate we'll see that S6 in the next quarter
followed by the new chip design--S7--towards the end of the year.

[Giulini]

so the story goes on, you chase ROI until the next miner dashes all hopes

[dogie]

Doesn't it seem "natural" that if there is an S6 it will be using S5 chips? That's pretty much their style for the previous miners they produced e.g. S1/S2, S3/S4).

[Speculation] Almost certainly the S6 will use S5 chips, its not time for a gen shift yet.

[elduderino]

Doesn't it seem "natural" that if there is an S6 it will be using S5 chips? That's pretty much their style for the previous miners they produced e.g. S1/S2, S3/S4).

[Speculation] Almost certainly the S6 will use S5 chips, its not time for a gen shift yet.

Good news for me then (and for most, I'd think) ... then people have to start selling/underclocking their gear, as the new stuff tends to make the old stuff obsolete.