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Topic
Board Hardware
Re: Process-invariant hardware metric: hash-meters per second (η-factor)
by
RHA
on 29/06/2013, 21:41:42 UTC
KnC's chips don't stand well here. They just took some fpga desing, converted it to asic with some manufacturer's standard technique, and are going to put as many cores on a die as they can.
So you gather it's a structured ASIC?
EDIT: Yes, they themselves state it as such.  No, Marcus from KnC said: "this specific design is standard cell ASIC 28nm"  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=232852.msg2468045#msg2468045)

BTW: Optimizing it to get a chip capable of 3 TH/s is of no use, because it would need to take and dissipate 6000-7000 W of power.