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Their saying the definetly WILL NOT produce consumer models for their next gen...
What I said was that our initial form factor for the 3rd gen will be suitable for bulk buyers.
Please read my last messages.
This is fine, as long as that grade is not required at a truck load to buy. I could buy a single 16kw unit. no issue, would like to buy from you and not from a third party, unless you plan to have authorized resellers?
We'll probably sell single units as well. It's not a promise though. I believe that a much better model for a small buyers will be to buy some small percentage of a shared mine.
From the marketing perspective-most people in US will not go for it (sharing small %).
It's just not in our DNA (although i am not a native, but as they say in Texas-I was born elsewhere, but got here as soon as i could).
Besides, i seriously doubt that the big iron is the way to go. We went through this in computers, and it is clearly not the most efficient way.
I don't know what will be a winning combo: maybe heaters that could mine; maybe miners that could do other things, like trading stuff between each other; maybe 3D printers that could mine when not in use or internet/wireless routers that could mine. Dual purpose with low energy chips.
A couple of things that SPT did not address:
1. Is this miner based on 28nm or 16nm (I assume 28nm)?
2. What real life energy efficiency it will have?
3. Although it is probably FUD as far as speed of actual machines being produced is concerned, competitors are claiming the tapeout of 16nm 0.07w/Gh chip. Even assuming that it will result in 0.1Gh/w, it is still 10Th/1000w. I fail to see the urgent need for a 16kw machine that would be difficult to deploy.
Without getting into specific spec, I believe the following post reveal enough for now:
I don't know if you're right or wrong regarding shared mines, time will tell.