which is why i posted my multiple of 3 strategy and personal conversion from BJ's to Sierra's all done with OEM parts. it turns out this is going to be incredibly simple if you read carefully what i wrote. the only ones that are going to get screwed are HF competitors b/c HF can afford to do the MPP (chips only) b/c of their smaller, more efficient chip design:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=270384.msg2975145#msg2975145hmm I hadn't seen that post before, it's quite interesting:
Let's use those two numbers as bounds for the size of the silicon under the lid. If the die(s) take up just 30x30mm of the space under the lid, then:
30x30mm = 900mm^2
100 GHash / 900 mm^2 = 0.11 GHash/mm^2
Or if the die takes up a bit more of the space under the lid,
36x36mm = 1296mm^2
100 GHash / 1296mm^2 = 0.077 GHash/mm^2
HashFast's Golden Nonce chip: I don't have to estimate the size because I work at HashFast. Smiley
One 18x18mm die is able to do 400 GHash (nominal - more overclocked**)
Hashing per square mm:
18x18mm = 324mm^2
400 GHash / 324mm^2 = 1.23 GHash/mm^2
What's interesting is that compare this to cointerra's chip
specifications which give (minimum of) 504 Gh in 300 mm^2 which is
1.68 Ghash/mm^2 which is even more efficient than the HashFast chip.
Will