I strongly advise AM to compete in the Dec 6 auction for HashFast's 28nm GN1/1.5 and 16nm 16nm ASIC designs.
16nm is a very expensive scale to design/fabricate at. AM would be wise to acquire HF's 16nm IP and use it to surpass KnC, Cointerra, and Bitfury in leading edge innovation, rather than start from scratch and pay full market price to compete in the 4th gen ASIC space.
Why you think AM would buy the IP for a 28nm chip that doesn't even compete with their own 40nm chip is beyond me.
Many things are "beyond you" Jimmothy, because you are a twit with poor reading skills.
For example, you completely missed my points about HF's 16nm IP, and myopically focused only on the 28nm stuff.
Has AM already paid for their 28nm tape-out? If they haven't, that's a few million dollars (and a lot of risk) they could save by purchasing a known-good 28nm design instead. The GN1.5 respin and 16nm GN2 nextgen are just extra gravy on top.