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Re: Bitmain looks like they're releasing a 15GH/s DASH miner called the AntMiner D3
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Bibi187
on 30/09/2017, 21:12:04 UTC
Quote from: bytiges on September 30, 2017, 08:50:39 PM
Quote from: Bibi187 on September 30, 2017, 06:41:11 PM
Quote from: Dopert on September 30, 2017, 06:03:21 PM
@Bibi187; so if i understand it right. The FGPA chip can change algoritme by bios update (software) and ASIC chip can change algoritme only by a other controllerboard (hardware)? Because todays controllerboard of D3 is only designed for X11.

Not exactly FGPA can be programmable for anything you want with software engineering.

ASIC need some hardware engineering, same for hash board. So they can be programmable if when you build it, you do what needed for future implementation.
Theoretically it's possible. However in real world, building this stuff in an asic is waste of space and lowers the space efficiency because you'll have parts of the silicon that are not being used. It also increases development costs too. Nope, forget D3 being used for anything else but X11 (which it does very very well).

Yeap Wink

This little beauty is reserved for a elite market Wink And clearly not for miner world.