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Re: Process-invariant hardware metric: hash-meters per second (η-factor)
by
eldentyrell
on 23/07/2013, 00:13:23 UTC
I don't really think this is actually process invariant if the limiting factor is thermal, rather then purely a signal propagation delay.

Thermals are a power issue.  I've been pretty clear and up-front about the fact that this metric does not account for power consumption in any way.


I mean, Avalon chips ship at 300Mhz, but are known to run at 450 and theoretically even more if it were only a transistor transition time.

I don't list theoretical results.

If Avalon are willing to stake their reputation on a public claim that their product provides 450mh/s with heroic cooling, and a third party verifies that using a few randomly chosen chips, I'll list them at 450mh/s.