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Re: ANN: BITMAIN has Tested Its 28nm Bitcoin Mining Chip BM1382
by
dropt
on 19/06/2014, 20:47:29 UTC
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So if the S1 Upgrade path cost $200

How can that possibly be? Where are the $300 worth of parts you would be saving?

Arbitrary numbers I pulled out of my ass to make a point.  But, what does it matter?  Why does the actual cost of the saved components have to actually be $300?  They're valued at whatever BITMAIN decides to value them at and the rest of us just have to deal. Aluminum heatsinks aren't cheap, nor is shipping a huge chunk of metal across the globe in 2-3 days.

Edit: Aside from that you (BITMAIN) save on the fan + grill, antenna lead, control board, ribbon cables, end brackets, assembly labour, packaging material, hardware, HSC, etc.