Meanwhile, in a real (IE full custom) 3rd gen ASIC company...
HashFast's Golden Nonce GN ASIC successfully taped-out yesterday, Wednesday the 28th, and has been released for 28nm fabrication to a well-known, leading-edge foundry. More details will follow in next week's joint press release.
-John
As the ACTM Cheerleaders dither about how best to waste an Avalon refund which belongs to Ken...
It's kind of awkward that everyone is entering chip fab and are piecing together their prototypes while we're being reminded there's an NDA.
Yes. I'm eager to have the NDA lifted in this regard as well.
Also, just to be clear: HashFast is not going to be providing any devices in the short-term: "However, he admitted that fabrication will take a little bit over two months and due to that reason the chips cannot be shipped anytime before October to customers." (Source:
http://www.forexminute.com/bitcoin/now-get-the-new-bitcoin-mining-chip-from-hashfast-technologies-llc-12140) So they'll hit just in time to compete with the December crew.
ActM has an incredibly good shot at being the first 28nm on the block. Rah, rah and all that jazz.