I'm curious as to if these boards will fit in a standard optical slot on my computer... (right by the CD-Rom drive) that would be very convenient. Anyone know?
That would be awesome. I doubt that would work as the board design would have had to been originally intended for that. But as long as the board is smaller than the slot, someone could make a bracket.
It may fit in a double slot hole. There are some clearance concerns regarding connectors which are being addressed.
The current design for a single K16 is a free standing unit with standoffs, designed to sit on your desk. Multiple designs are being evaluated for those that purchased several K16s. Once a design has been finalized it will be posted.
Update: the heatsink design has been finalized and is currently being sourced. Solid numbers should be available this week.
The heatsink will be available for purchase as a unique part, and will include the necessary hardware to attach it to the K16.
Bitsyncom has clarified that each order of 10,000 chips will receive sample chips, though it is still unclear when samples for additional orders will ship, eg whether samples will arrive at the same time or spread out over the batch order dates.
Edit: fixed