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Re: BFL announces 28nm 600GH/S blade for $4680
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Ytterbium
on 18/08/2013, 02:18:14 UTC
I stop you right there. Bitfury has a chip consuming 0.8 W/Gh/s and it is 55nm. So it is beyond any doubt that a 28nm chip (theoretically 4x more efficient) can increase efficiency to at least 0.77 W/Gh/s (which necessitates only a 1.04x improvement).

I'm not doubting 350W for 600Gh.  But, there is a huge difference between a new, efficient chip and simply doing a die shrink on BFL's horribly designed power-hogs.

BFL's are Jalapenos 6W/h Avalon's at 110m are about 9W when overclocked.  So clearly the chip design plays a huge role in power use.  It's not directly related to feature size like that.