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Re: Current ASIC miners
by
bce
on 27/12/2012, 21:19:04 UTC
BFL states that warranty for even end-of-life products is to be no less than 1 year from date of sale (this can be found in the FAQs).    I believe that BFL has stated that a new product line is only when a re-design of the chip is done on a lower die size, so that is obviously a long time away from now.  65nm is still pretty new for a small company to make a custom chip on, and recouping the development costs will most likely take some time. 

Quote from: BFL
Once we stop manufacturing that particular product, we will not be able to warranty the product any longer, since we no longer have replacement stock.

I see nothing referring to changing die size. It's pretty clear. Once they stop manufacturing that model, all warranties revert to a 1 year warranty. It really is just a 1 year warranty.

What I mean is,  I can see no reason for a total re-design of an ASIC product except for production technology advancement such as die size.  Other than that, there can be a revision - such as a fix to a connector or whatever may come up, but given BFLs excellent history with backing their products, I am sure this is a non-issue when it comes to warranty support.