Ken posted this on 19th septemeber
What are the current plans for chip development?
ActiveMining is developing a 28nm Bitcoin mining chip using eASIC.
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.
This should mean we have chip samples at end of Nov and won't be hashing fully till Jan. Can you confirm this is accurate Ken or have things changed?
We have had this discussion multiple times in the various ActM threads.
The time ranges are correct, as per eASIC's own information*, but the clock starts at the time of NRE payment. Due to the NDA covering all monetary exchanges between parties, Ken could not inform us exactly when the NRE was paid, but did say towards the end of August that it had been "quite some time ago". By most estimates the NRE was paid within the first two weeks of August. I estimate off of an NRE paid on the 12th.
For what it's worth, I think Ken could have prototypes hashing before the end of the month.
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http://www.easic.com/high-speed-transceivers-low-cost-power-fpga-nre-asic-45nm-easic-nextreme-2/easic-nextreme-2-overview/