[ANN] Sfards:SF100, the first 28nm Dual-Mode Miner is accepting pre-order now

[sacskate]

Here's a good write up with better chip info..
http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/sfards-sf3301/

[TheRealSteve]

Here's a good write up with better chip info..
http://cryptomining-blog.com/tag/sfards-sf3301/

That info is largely from this thread

[notlist3d]

Did not see it posted here but looks like contest is ended, waiting on results though.

[XZed]

https://zeusminer.com/forums/topic/zeusminer-upgrade-blades-with-sfards-chips/

[jstefanop]

https://zeusminer.com/forums/topic/zeusminer-upgrade-blades-with-sfards-chips/

Why are you reposting someones random request from another forum? Zeus is a long dead company, they screwed everyone over with their scrypt machines then did the same with their cloud mining contracts.

[alienesb]

https://zeusminer.com/forums/topic/zeusminer-upgrade-blades-with-sfards-chips/

Why are you reposting someones random request from another forum? Zeus is a long dead company, they screwed everyone over with their scrypt machines then did the same with their cloud mining contracts.

Good question. Remember those "updated" boards they were going to sell? Right, poof just like everything else.

[notlist3d]

https://zeusminer.com/forums/topic/zeusminer-upgrade-blades-with-sfards-chips/

Why are you reposting someones random request from another forum? Zeus is a long dead company, they screwed everyone over with their scrypt machines then did the same with their cloud mining contracts.

Good question. Remember those "updated" boards they were going to sell? Right, poof just like everything else.

I highly doubt they do a upgrade for zeus gear.  I think they will release whole miner not upgrade kits.

[TheRealSteve]

Can't say I've tried ScalaMiner - might give it a go if I can get to the DualMiner USB again.

Hadn't forgotten about this - but I can't seem to get it to launch.. might be the environment (read: user error after futzing about with dependencies as it is).  I peeked through the source code, and as far as I can tell (JAVA is not my forte) it does address the device directly without subprocesses.

Presumably any retail SFARDS devices will come either with custom software, or another run-two-instances front-end which just presents itself as a single UI.

[asicontech]

Good chips turned out, there is much to learn ..
We are waiting for the samples.

[philipma1957]

So So So...Sorry guys, we just find some bugs in our contest, such as someone delete the reply and the floor number will change at once, and we cannot calculate the specific reward correctly. And our new rule haven't determine, we will publish the new rules as soon as possible. Sorry for our mistake and thank you for your participate. For the following people, @notlist3d, @philipma1957, @Zich, we will still send you our general reward 1000 dogecoins no matter you attend our new contest or not.

The link of the new rules:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1057425.0

Welcome to join us!

and no dogecoins in my doge account:


D8jxCiXXCPn1fzE3vzywTf9DhPWEv4gtB3

I realize  this site has been down. but a promise is a promise.


http://dogechain.info/address/D8jxCiXXCPn1fzE3vzywTf9DhPWEv4gtB3


see link no coins since march 11th


1000 doge = 0.00059 btc  not much at all to keep a promise

[Sfards]

Update 26/5/2015

Results of “Speaking IMHO”- The Best Miner is…Contest

Gentlemen and gentlemen, thank you so so so much for your enthusiastic participation and brilliant inspiration!
It is a little pity that in the second day of the contest, the thread was moved to a “Right”section. Many of you don't even have the chance to see it, not to mention bringing any great ideas.
But we still inspired by many amazing ideas over hundreds replies!
In the process of selecting awards, you know your wonderful thoughts brought us a fierce debate. It was a tough call. Ladies from marketing loved the strange and creative ideas, which might represents future Miner and potential of Mining industry. R&D team of course paid more attention to technical feasibility and practicability. After several rounds of deadlock, we finally selected the following 3 awards. Applauds to the winners!

1.The Most Creative Answer Reward:  1 BTC
Winner:   OgNasty        Floor No. 33#
Value: “Lava Lamp”, as soon as this idea appeared, it won our marketing girls’ hearts. Which also got positive professional comments from R&D team. Make use of the heat coming from dual mining of SF3301, it might be melting the waxes in the Lava Lamp!

http://i59.tinypic.com/28v56om.png
 

2.The Most “Controversial” Design Award:  100 LTC
Winner:   erre        Floor No. 39#
Value:  This is really a controversial and inspirational idea, numerous replies prove it. The possibility to implement is another controversial topic.

http://i62.tinypic.com/2rzcvg0.png
 

3.The Most Market Appealing Design Award:  100 LTC
Winner:   J4bberwock        Floor No. 11#
Value: Winner understands the BTC Mining industry; and amazingly has strong knowledge of software and hardware technology.

http://i57.tinypic.com/2nuksjr.png
 

In order to express thanks to all of your participation, we also selected a critic’s award each day from 12th May to 17th May. Since the thread was moved, we didn’t get as much as expected, but we will still offer the trophy as we promised, congratulations to the lucky guys!

Critics Award List:        Trophy: 10 LTC
Winner:                   Floor No.                     Date
RadekG                    50#                          12th May
notlist3d                  70#                          13th May
RadekG                    77#                          14th May
diodio1                     85#                          15th May
erre                         93#                          16th May
erre                        101#                         17th May



General Award list:             Trophy: 1000 Dogecoins
 
louise123
Lucax
Meech
NeuroticFish
notlist3d
OgNasty
pajak666
philipma1957
pinhead666
quakefiend420
Rabinovitch
RadekG
rizkyhiw
sambiohazard
Searing
SFMiner
sirslayer
starsoccer9
Tad3j
Testing Crypto
thevictimofuktyranny
UnklAdM
Zich
 

In addition, we also got the result of Contest 2: Joining In Facebook. Same congratulations to the following three winners:

1.   Most “liked”reply                 Trophy: 100 LTC
Winner:    Sebastian Pająk              Liked:  42

http://i60.tinypic.com/fbdv9h.png
 
2.   Second “liked”reply              Trophy: 50 LTC
Winner:    Priyatama Mitrajati              Liked:  39

http://i62.tinypic.com/33kx81u.png


3.   Third “liked”reply                Trophy: 20 LTC
Winner:    Priyatama Mitrajati              Liked:  21

http://i61.tinypic.com/2lnz8k1.png


General award list:            Trophy: 1000 Dogecoins          
 
Achmad Afandi
Alexander Riku
Dheddy Il Capitano
Hery Luiz Nazario
József Bertus
Oki Meilisyanto
Ozora Najwa Alvaro
Priyatama Mitrajati
Radek Gronský
Rocker Anfield
Sebastian Pająk
Tadej Brunšek

Please note some guys in the above list haven’t leave their Dogecoin add yet, please remember to do it.

Sfards reserves the rights to interpret the above statement.

[philipma1957]

thank you for the 1000 dogecoins

[notlist3d]

Thank you for one critic award.  Was a very nice surprise.

[Sfards]

The trophy has been sent to everyone's wallet address, please kindly check it. If you have any problem, feel free to PM us.

[chup]

Can't say I've tried ScalaMiner - might give it a go if I can get to the DualMiner USB again.

Hadn't forgotten about this - but I can't seem to get it to launch.. might be the environment (read: user error after futzing about with dependencies as it is).  I peeked through the source code, and as far as I can tell (JAVA is not my forte) it does address the device directly without subprocesses.

Presumably any retail SFARDS devices will come either with custom software, or another run-two-instances front-end which just presents itself as a single UI.

I couldn't start Scalaminer under Ubuntu virtual machine, but I had "success" starting it under OSX. It connects to stratum pools and not sending shares. Dualminer is connected/disconnected during "mining" and LEDs are dimmed. Maybe some settings is missing that I didn't noticed.

[asicontech]

Dear, Sfards!
Do you have a thermal snapshot of SF3301?
It is desirable chain or array chips ..
Thank you.

[jstefanop]

Enough about silly contests more about chips and hardware!

[OgNasty]

1.The Most Creative Answer Reward:  1 BTC
Winner:   OgNasty        Floor No. 33#
Value: “Lava Lamp”, as soon as this idea appeared, it won our marketing girls’ hearts. Which also got positive professional comments from R&D team. Make use of the heat coming from dual mining of SF3301, it might be melting the waxes in the Lava Lamp!

I will forever cherish my Most Creative title as a miner inventor.  Thank you Sfards and if a lava lamp miner ever does come into existence, I hope I will be considered as a beta tester. Best of luck to you!

[Zich]

The trophy has been sent to everyone's wallet address, please kindly check it. If you have any problem, feel free to PM us.

Thanks for the rewards  

[notlist3d]

1.The Most Creative Answer Reward:  1 BTC
Winner:   OgNasty        Floor No. 33#
Value: “Lava Lamp”, as soon as this idea appeared, it won our marketing girls’ hearts. Which also got positive professional comments from R&D team. Make use of the heat coming from dual mining of SF3301, it might be melting the waxes in the Lava Lamp!

I will forever cherish my Most Creative title as a miner inventor.  Thank you Sfards and if a lava lamp miner ever does come into existence, I hope I will be considered as a beta tester. Best of luck to you!

I give you huge credit on this.  It was a idea that made us all smile I think. It was one of those ideas that is crazy enough it could actually even work.   

I hope to see someone mod a miner to provide heat to a lava lamp.  I will be honest you have me thinking about putting a old lava lamp I know of in my pile of stuff behind a miner to see if I can get the heat. But I don't think I can achieve the hotness (which is normally a good thing ).