Bitmain and their Ants are definitely what all vendors should be aspiring to; good price performance and 100% legal. It goes to show that not all Chinese companies are the same and that one should be vigilant against companies like JT, JianTian, Dragon, etc who have no qualms with using stolen technology in their products.
Frankly I don't see any reason why anyone would want to purchase anything based on the A1 as currently it simply isn't a competitive option.
Sir, may you please remove yourself from this thread?
You´ve made your claims, multiple times now, and since it´s quite obvious that you don´t have a clue how patent/copyright works in the
REAL WORLD you´re just making a fool out of yourself.
Innosilicon is a respectable company.
What a FUD. They stole their product, reproduced it. Not the first time, not the last.
I you have a innovative BRAND NEW product, you NEVER go to China producing it. Thats a rule, American and European producers learned in the last decade, because they just steal and copy it!
Cointerra, Hashfast no way producing in China. BFL produced his first 60mn chip in China, which was immediately stolen and reproduced by Avalon. Ok, maybe you are in China RESPECTABLE if you STEAL A PRODUCT make alot of MONEY and anyone think of you that you are respectable. BUT THATS A FUD
Get your fact right before open your big mouth.
A1 chips ARE NOT PRODUCED in China. It is produced in GP facility in Germany.
It is designed by a Chinese chip design company with their own IPs. It signed a partnership with Bitmine with Bitmine paying for part of costs. As return Bitmine can have 100K of chips in cost price and can market as their own brand name.
Now Bitmine sold or used all those chips already. As a new agreement, Bitmine can only sell system not chips now.
As for respectable company, KNC also have their chips designed by a Chinese chip design company headquartered in Taibei.