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Re: Antminer S2 Speculation thread
by
BTCInvestorPro
on 12/03/2014, 09:43:51 UTC
Seems to me regardless of what process node they use they will need to use a chip with improved power consumption in the S2.  In the original U1 the chip was always under clocked.  The U2+ just took the same chip added a bigger heat sink and changed the default clock rate.  Since the S1 was already operating at close to the maximum clock rate they will almost certainly have to use an improved chip in the S2.
Why?  Just do the reverse of what they did going from U1 -> U2 and increase the chip count.

Because Bitmain still needs to turn a profit and adding more chips would increase their production costs.