So it looks more like 21 Inc uses Intel's foundry services and Intel did not design the chips.
Older thread about 21 Inc formerly known as 21e6:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/21e6-llc-secretive-asic-manufacturer-that-raised-5-million-334759
Topic: [2014-05-13] Intel fabbing BTC mining chips (Read 539 times)
So it looks like Intel is developing Bitcoin mining chips! Presumably an exploratory R&D effort, but still, wow.
"Intel factories, the documents suggested, were responsible for at least two generations of 21 bitcoin mining chips, a 0.57 w/GH 22nm FinFET chip (codenamed CyrusOne) and a 0.22 w/GH 22nm chip (codenamed Brownfield).
Though Intel has so far kept its relationship with 21 quiet, the bitcoin startup took the opposite approach in its company overview, which included a screenshot of an email allegedly from Intel CEOBrian Krzanich. Dated 5th September, the email finds Krzanich informing Pauker and investor Marc Andreessen of his opinion on a proposal to distribute bitcoin mining chips in consumer electronic devices."
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pretty big news, cool stuff
"Intel factories, the documents suggested, were responsible for at least two generations of 21 bitcoin mining chips, a 0.57 w/GH 22nm FinFET chip (codenamed CyrusOne) and a 0.22 w/GH 22nm chip (codenamed Brownfield).
Though Intel has so far kept its relationship with 21 quiet, the bitcoin startup took the opposite approach in its company overview, which included a screenshot of an email allegedly from Intel CEOBrian Krzanich. Dated 5th September, the email finds Krzanich informing Pauker and investor Marc Andreessen of his opinion on a proposal to distribute bitcoin mining chips in consumer electronic devices."
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pretty big news, cool stuff
https://plus.google.com/+MarcBevand/posts/9waJsLiMXfZ
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So it looks like Intel is developing Bitcoin mining chips! Presumably an exploratory R&D effort, but still, wow.
"Intel factories, the documents suggested, were responsible for at least two generations of 21 bitcoin mining chips,
a 0.57 w/GH 22nm FinFET chip (codenamed CyrusOne)
and a 0.22 w/GH 22nm chip (codenamed Brownfield).
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