Is the 28nm chips that ACM will deliver the best thing on the market in the near future or is there a competition promising to deliver even more top notch stuff? (let's say this year)
KnC is also developing a 28nm 100GH/s (~250W) chip, expected for September, although it uses ~
2.67x more power for the same hashrate (
0.4GH/s/W vs. ActM's chip at
1.067GH/s/W).
When the NRE funds are gathered, ActM will have chips fully rolling out (e-beamed) in just 3 months.
What are the current plans for chip development?ActiveMining is in the process of gathering necessary funds for paying NRE costs on its 28nm chip. We hope these funds to be gathered soon, so that chip production can start as soon as possible. Estimated dates after NRE payment are:
- Chip samples delivered in 9 weeks;
- Low-volume chip production starting in 12 weeks, using an e-beam process;
- Normal volume chip production starting in 16-18 weeks.
Bitfury just got 1.2GH/s for 0.8 watts. How do you think that will play out?