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:
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?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYyrNhLwrn0
Using performance numbers, for 16GH/s, 13.333 of their chips are equal to 1 of ActM. Using power numbers, for 15W, 18.75 of their chips are equal to 1 of ActM. What about the price? Can they get 14-19 chips cheaper than ActM gets 1?
What about when ActM transitions their chip to an easicopy high volume process, where the unit price is like a 1/3-1/4-1/5 of the nextreme price with even less power and more performance?
And after ActM is in the eASIC boat, what about when eASIC gets out their next-gen 14nm in 1-2 years and all Ken has to do is give them a call and say "Convert our design to 14nm please"?
