Seriously... shouldn't we be more excited about this? I mean, even 1 KW/Thash is fine. As far as I know nobody else can do better and AM can probably out cost anyone. AM should start super mass producing these right? Right?
Yes without splitting hairs the grosso modo effect is there is a solid gen 3 standard ASIC in the hands of AM. The fact that this was done with the decision to utilize 40 nm process node manufactured in an environment where this is most economical to produce and backed by a proven entity like AM is significant.
What is done to capitalize on it could be of even greater significance.