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Re: [HALTED] Bitmine CoinCraft 28nm chip distribution (December W50, 42.5BTC/THps)
by
zefir
on 30/11/2013, 10:36:53 UTC
Did anyone else get this? Or is it added to the documents on github? If not someone should ask Giorgio to do that as soon as possible.

That's included in the git HEAD (p.16), thanks.

This is what I got from Bitmine concerning the contest in a conversation last week.

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[27.11.2013 11:02:49] Giorgio Massarotto: yes
[27.11.2013 11:03:05] Giorgio Massarotto: let me tell you that sample chips are free for anybody making designs based on our chip
[27.11.2013 11:03:09] Giorgio Massarotto: I mean
[27.11.2013 11:03:17] Giorgio Massarotto: you don't have to place a preorder to receive them
[27.11.2013 11:03:26] Giorgio Massarotto: we'll have an open source development contest
[27.11.2013 11:03:33] Giorgio Massarotto: you'll register there and get some sample chips
[27.11.2013 11:03:37] Giorgio Massarotto: just afew
[27.11.2013 11:03:51] darkfriend77: Ok. When will this be opened?
[27.11.2013 11:04:13 | Bearbeitet 11:04:45] darkfriend77: A few will be enough to test out the prototype.
[27.11.2013 11:12:35] Giorgio Massarotto: it will be opened somewhere in the beginning of december
[27.11.2013 11:12:39] Giorgio Massarotto: we were planning to open it much earlier
[27.11.2013 11:12:40] Giorgio Massarotto: but
[27.11.2013 11:12:46] Giorgio Massarotto: we got insultedbecause no samples were available
[27.11.2013 11:12:55] Giorgio Massarotto: so we have moved it till we'll be able to give out free samples

Thanks for sharing.