Quote from: cloudnthings on May 25, 2016, 01:29:31 AM

Quote from: TheRealSteve on May 02, 2015, 01:28:59 PM

Just for a recap - the original question:

Quote from: BitcoinPappi on March 25, 2015, 05:51:12 PM

Who are the manufactures currently selling chips and in what quantities ?
[...]
Anyone just selling. Would like to get some chips to evaluate developing custom PCB and cooling.

Primary:

Avalon project A3222
CN: ~~http://www.canaan-creative.com/a4c.html~~
EN: https://ehash.com/product/a3222-20pcs/
datasheets: A3222Q56-LATEST-EN.pdf

Bitmain Technologies BM1384

Quote from: BitmainWarranty on March 25, 2015, 06:35:19 PM

Please contact Janet.Zhao@bitmain.com or info@bitmaintech.com for chip quote.

Quote from: sidehack on July 17, 2015, 11:52:17 AM

Bitmain did respond to email overnight. No chips to sell at the moment, but they may let me know if anything comes up.

datasheets: BM1384_Datasheet_v2.1.pdf

Innosilicon Technologies A3 / A4

Quote from: Inno_ASIC on July 19, 2015, 05:19:36 PM

A3 ASIC and A4 ASIC design already. Both in 14nm and already taped out with over 60% power saving over the 28nm generation. Anyone interested in those are free to contact us.

No technical data available at time of last edit

SFARDS

Quote from: Sfards on March 26, 2015, 07:37:00 AM

[...] purchase of sample chips to design your own miners.
If interested please contact us at sales@sfards.com.

Quote from: dualminer on July 05, 2015, 07:11:06 PM

We have reached an agreement with Sfards Technology to be its North America ASIC chip sales representative. We will sell Sfards Technologys latest 28nm FDSOI ASIC SF3301 (dual mining) chip samples in www.dualminer.com web store in the coming August.

http://www.dualminer.com/SFARDS-SF3301-40-chip-package_p_34.html

datasheets: SF3301_Datasheet_v0.5.pdf

Spondoolies-Tech
RockerBox

Quote from: Spondoolies-Tech on May 02, 2015, 05:36:46 AM

we have RockerBox ASICs to sell.

datasheets: upon request, product brief: rockerbox_brief.pdf

Secondary:

ASIC|rising Wolfblood ( claims samples available )
https://asicrising.de/wolfblood/

Black Arrow Minion ( research company first )
http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/store/bitcoin-asics/
datasheets: minion_datasheet_2014.05.27.pdf

HashFast Golden Nonce ( liquidated assets )
http://hashfast.com/
datasheets: Golden-Nonce.rev1_.2.pdf

Innosilicon / Coincraft A1
~~http://bitmine.ch/?product=coincraft-ai-asic~~
datasheets: CoinCraft A1.pdf

Resale:

Spondoolies-Tech Hammer

Quote from: Bicknellski on April 30, 2015, 09:56:40 AM

We have 1300 Sptech Hammers in the tray still sealed.

datasheets: ds_hammer_14041.pdf
edit: Bicknellski may have gotten banned from this forum - try reaching him through social media.

Is it still possible to source chips nowadays? Updates from Googling:
Avalon: https://ehash.com/product/a3222-20pcs/ doesn't work. Seems like they only sell actual miners.
Bitmain Tech: Seems like they only sell actual miners.
InnoSilicon: Looks like they might. Has anyone obtained new or old gen chips from them?
SFARD: Read the entire 82 pg drama filled thread. Seemed promising but a dead end?
Spondoolies: These guys have shut up shop. http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/blogs/news

I'm a hardware/software enthusiast but it seems like a mission and a half to trudge down this path.

Just buy a vid card or 2 Cheesy