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September 24, 2013, 01:11:49 PM |
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500 TH = 50 k blades = 5 k blade kits
I am not sure that you are aware of logistic and scalability problems of deploying 500 TH of asic blades. Not to mention power consummation and cooling.
They dont have gen2 chips, they are late, and are hoping to recoup that with old technology.
Nobody is takling about deploying 500TH. Again: most of it will be sold, like it has always been the case with AM.
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Strange Vlad
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September 24, 2013, 01:19:22 PM |
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500 TH = 50 k blades = 5 k blade kits
I am not sure that you are aware of logistic and scalability problems of deploying 500 TH of asic blades. Not to mention power consummation and cooling.
First of all, not all 500TH are going to be deployed. Actually, I believe it's not rational to increase AM's own farm with Gen1, so most if not all blades are going to be sold and franchised. Second, of course I'm aware that huge volumes are not easy to handle. However, ASICMiner has experience dealing with (slightly smaller) volumes, they have established relations with resellers worldwide, they already have franchising test-running, they have enough money. They dont have gen2 chips, they are late, and are hoping to recoup that with old technology.
As if a new technology instantly kills old technology the moment it appears. Again, think volumes and costs.
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September 24, 2013, 01:23:33 PM |
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They dont have gen2 chips, they are late, and are hoping to recoup that with old technology.
As if a new technology instantly kills old technology the moment it appears. Again, think volumes and costs. +1 What matters is $/GH for 2013
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JimiQ84
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September 24, 2013, 01:24:08 PM |
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I imagine 100TH/s could be deployed in franchises, let's say 1TH/s per one franchise. No scaling, cooling, powering problem
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September 24, 2013, 01:29:06 PM |
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so most if not all blades are going to be sold and franchised. We are in ASIC bubble (which isnt sustainable) and people today are much more aware of the risks and implications of buying ASIC miners. I think that time of hysterical buys of overpriced hardware is over. why would anyone spend and risk their bitcoins to buy asic miner?
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September 24, 2013, 01:35:08 PM |
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Friedcat: Could you please specify where in the production cycle you are with the Gen2 hardware and what your current time projections are?
• The size of the Gen2 order will be decided as appropriate, according to the network difficulty when it is time to finalize the order size
Was this supposed to be the answer? I wanted to know how far the design is, possibly projected energy usage, hashing power per Watt and chip, if similar delays as with gen1 can be expected or if it will go smooth and so on, not something like: we haven't yet decided on the order size, that's it.
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September 24, 2013, 01:39:46 PM |
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so most if not all blades are going to be sold and franchised. We are in ASIC bubble (which isnt sustainable) and people today are much more aware of the risks and implications of buying ASIC miners. I think that time of hysterical buys of overpriced hardware is over. why would anyone spend and risk their bitcoins to buy asic miner? That's a problem mostly for sellers/retailers and for particular miners. Most of the new players have not amortised their original investment yet. Be it time or money. They will have to face higher pressure than those who already have their infrastructure in place and have been long running on profit. AFAIC, ASICMiner remains the apex predator in this industry unless a big corporation decides to invest heavily and join the race.
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velacreations
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September 24, 2013, 01:41:11 PM |
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so most if not all blades are going to be sold and franchised. We are in ASIC bubble (which isnt sustainable) and people today are much more aware of the risks and implications of buying ASIC miners. I think that time of hysterical buys of overpriced hardware is over. why would anyone spend and risk their bitcoins to buy asic miner? well, they are currently selling just fine, and if prices continue to decrease as time goes on, people will continue to buy. People still need hardware, and right now, you can wait or buy from AM. People are choosing to buy from AM.
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velacreations
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September 24, 2013, 01:42:27 PM |
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Was this supposed to be the answer? I wanted to know how far the design is, possibly projected energy usage, hashing power per Watt and chip, if similar delays as with gen1 can be expected or if it will go smooth and so on, not something like: we haven't yet decided on the order size, that's it.
he's not going to release specs of Gen2 hardware before they are ready to sell.
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Franktank
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September 24, 2013, 01:55:45 PM |
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Custom Cooling Systems We have been finalizing on our HK datacenter with our professional partner on immersion cooling. This product will be of interest both miners, and other industries that require cooling of similar hardware. Our cooling system partner built it as an exhibition house where everything is clean and shiny for investors/buyers to visit and for ASICMINER to make videos as a demonstration.
This is the most interesting part of the news. Their first datacenter is in Shenzen, curious about the capacity of this second data center. The immersion cooling news means they are expanding beyond just Bitcoin mining and hardware sales.
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BitCsByBit
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September 24, 2013, 01:56:42 PM |
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Friedcat: Could you please specify where in the production cycle you are with the Gen2 hardware and what your current time projections are?
• The size of the Gen2 order will be decided as appropriate, according to the network difficulty when it is time to finalize the order size
Was this supposed to be the answer? I wanted to know how far the design is, possibly projected energy usage, hashing power per Watt and chip, if similar delays as with gen1 can be expected or if it will go smooth and so on, not something like: we haven't yet decided on the order size, that's it. Why didn't you ask that? All I read was a question about the production cycle and time projections, and they are not being produced and the order size has not yet been finalised. Huh.
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wtfvanity
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September 24, 2013, 02:08:41 PM |
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Friedcat: Could you please specify where in the production cycle you are with the Gen2 hardware and what your current time projections are?
• The size of the Gen2 order will be decided as appropriate, according to the network difficulty when it is time to finalize the order size
Was this supposed to be the answer? I wanted to know how far the design is, possibly projected energy usage, hashing power per Watt and chip, if similar delays as with gen1 can be expected or if it will go smooth and so on, not something like: we haven't yet decided on the order size, that's it. Why didn't you ask that? All I read was a question about the production cycle and time projections, and they are not being produced and the order size has not yet been finalised. Huh. It sounds to me, like they haven't even pushed the gen2 design to fab yet. Sounds like AM is being stomped by bitfury, knc, cointerra, who else? They probably were about to push out a new design around what, 45-65 dies and then realized their head is about to be crunched by 22 dies and had to make a change. AM defined BTC ASIC's, however, unless their power is very cheap and they get to the market quickly, the are about to become meaningless. At least IMO anyway
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September 24, 2013, 02:15:45 PM |
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I totally share Strange Vlad's feeling: Many of you seem to believe that thiner chips instantly make the previous ones obsolete. But from a miner point of view, the equation is simple: see what you can get for which price, see how much it will consume of electricity, and see how much it will earn you in bitcoins. Looking at products with this in mind, 130nm will remain a relevant choice for many more months. I am sure AM pricing policy will constantly remind that to everybody. When FC says "gen2 will come in time", you are wrong to think it is a way to admit they are late. It simply means "at the most appropriate time". You should really wonder why AM does not agree with you as to what is the most appropriate time...
I also share Franktank's positive view of two aspects: 1) The cooling system. Nobody saw that coming! It may sound a bit of a detail, but for me it's not: if you manage a farm of 100TH/s, that can make a huge difference in terms of electricity/maintenance. Plus, this is going slightly further bitcoin mining alone. Isn't that what many had advise AM to do? 2) The HK data center. AM is moving toward more decentralization (for the farm it manages itself). They spoke about moving partially to HK, now it becomes reality and this is very good news also for resilience to legislation matters.
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September 24, 2013, 04:05:31 PM |
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Custom Cooling Systems We have been finalizing on our HK datacenter with our professional partner on immersion cooling. This product will be of interest both miners, and other industries that require cooling of similar hardware. Our cooling system partner built it as an exhibition house where everything is clean and shiny for investors/buyers to visit and for ASICMINER to make videos as a demonstration.
This is the most interesting part of the news. Their first datacenter is in Shenzen, curious about the capacity of this second data center. The immersion cooling news means they are expanding beyond just Bitcoin mining and hardware sales. I have a hunch on what system they are using but it is interesting news
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September 24, 2013, 04:22:56 PM |
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so most if not all blades are going to be sold and franchised. We are in ASIC bubble (which isnt sustainable) and people today are much more aware of the risks and implications of buying ASIC miners. I think that time of hysterical buys of overpriced hardware is over. why would anyone spend and risk their bitcoins to buy asic miner? That's a problem mostly for sellers/retailers and for particular miners. Most of the new players have not amortised their original investment yet. Be it time or money. They will have to face higher pressure than those who already have their infrastructure in place and have been long running on profit. new players (bitfury) are already hashing for months with their gear, they are deploying 8 x ASICminer hashrate, and are selling chips for premium prices. I would say its quite the opposite: ASICminer is facing higher pressure now then 6 months ago.
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September 24, 2013, 04:28:25 PM |
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Custom Cooling Systems We have been finalizing on our HK datacenter with our professional partner on immersion cooling. This product will be of interest both miners, and other industries that require cooling of similar hardware. Our cooling system partner built it as an exhibition house where everything is clean and shiny for investors/buyers to visit and for ASICMINER to make videos as a demonstration.
This is the most interesting part of the news. Their first datacenter is in Shenzen, curious about the capacity of this second data center. The immersion cooling news means they are expanding beyond just Bitcoin mining and hardware sales. I have a hunch on what system they are using but it is interesting news I hope that friedcat will do and sell this extremly overpriced Novec 7000 cheap https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=255613.0;all
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September 24, 2013, 04:33:43 PM |
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I totally share Strange Vlad's feeling: Many of you seem to believe that thiner chips instantly make the previous ones obsolete. But from a miner point of view, the equation is simple: see what you can get for which price, see how much it will consume of electricity, and see how much it will earn you in bitcoins. Looking at products with this in mind, 130nm will remain a relevant choice for many more months. I am sure AM pricing policy will constantly remind that to everybody. When FC says "gen2 will come in time", you are wrong to think it is a way to admit they are late. It simply means "at the most appropriate time". You should really wonder why AM does not agree with you as to what is the most appropriate time...
First - the process size (130nm, 55/45nm, 28nm, etc) has nothing to do with the chip thickness. That is determined by the thickness of the wafer, which is 400-800 microns thick (it's actually usually more for smaller process nodes, since 300mm wafers are used and those have to be thicker to keep the wafer from flexing/shattering). The process size instead refers to the standard half-pitch of a memory cell. That doesn't really apply to a SHA256 ASIC, but it is a measure of how small the process can reliably make things. A die shrink (logic's 32nm -> 22nm for example) typically doubles the amount of standard cells that can fit on a die of fixed size. For SHA256 applications, this means precisely double the speed (and probably less power use per GH). Since the assembly is a major part of the costs, and you can get twice as much out of one chip, you've basically halved your costs per GH, AND made it easier to deploy a large amount of hashpower. So that's 32->22, one 2x shrink. For 130-> 28 we expect approximately 21.5x performance (feel free to check my math). Probably more, since professionals will be doing the 28 designs and FC's 130 design was basically a hobby project. The process node matters. Intel's whole business model has relied for decades on staying a process node ahead of their competitors. Seems to be working. “Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing” ― Warren Buffett
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September 24, 2013, 05:22:06 PM |
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The process size instead refers to the standard half-pitch of a memory cell. That doesn't really apply to a SHA256 ASIC, but it is a measure of how small the process can reliably make things.
This is typically called the "minimum feature size". It has a bunch of other names too, like "critical dimension", etc, but I feel that "feature size" gives the best immediate understanding.
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September 24, 2013, 05:45:08 PM |
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mean while, cointerra have just got FPGA working, is it good or bad news
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Gomeler
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September 24, 2013, 05:53:18 PM |
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Interesting regarding the franchising. I hope more information comes out as I have ~60 kW of electrical capacity sitting idle due to increasing difficulty making any ASIC purchases a risky gamble. Winter is coming and while $0.076/kWhr might not be the most competitive, I'm sure it'll be competitive for a few months.
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