Quote from: jspielberg on July 12, 2013, 04:25:41 AM

Quote from: allinvain on July 12, 2013, 04:21:26 AM

Quote from: BitSyncom on July 12, 2013, 04:13:11 AM

mmm, that's odd guys, I'm pretty sure rudrigorc and allinvain should have gotten emails, I remember sending about 50% of them before having to run off to another meeting earlier today.

care to check store / emails?

also yes, trade-ins are batch #2 prices, so $1600 at current exchange rate. I think the number used was 17.2-17.4ish

I see the order in my store account and I just got the e-mail a while ago at 11:15 pm EST. I am in the process of paying it.

So all is well! Thank you for everything BitSyncom

While I got your attention I'm wondering if you can let us know if your team will institute a similar trade-in program when you'll move to 55nm tech. I don't think we can expect a similar scenario as with trading FGPAs but will we get perhaps a small discount when purchasing 55nm modules (assuming of course the new modules will be backwards compatible and we can just swap them).

Will we be sending in the "old" modules you think? Or just our store account history would be sufficient.

I dunno, but if I had to guess I'd say that we won't be sending in anything. The existing Avalon modules have no other purpose other than BTC mining so unlike FPGAs there is no resale market available for them outside the bitcoin community. Probably what will happen is they will look at our store account history.

I have a feeling that by the time they roll out the 55nm tech the existing 110nm modules will no longer be profitable anyways, so those who wish to stay in the game would have to reinvest and get the new modules. This game should go on for a while until we finally reach the pinnacle of chip design which will likely be 22nm or below.