55nm USB Miners, as good as it gets? - page 2.

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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 20, 2013, 12:58:32 AM

Quote from: MRKLYE on September 20, 2013, 12:50:33 AM

I think we will see as the 28nm chips are released and reels of them are made available that "next gen" USB miners will be released..
Although I must point out USB miners are more of a hobbyist thing then a serious mining rig, I went for the DrillBit USB thumbs (3 of them) which can be purchased here: http://www.drillbitsystem.com They should ROI some time in the next 6 months and may have overclocking capabilities greater then 2.7GH/s.. I am waiting to get my hands on mine to test this theory out!

I didn't mean the word "Hobbyist" to be offensive. But I guess I just don't see Jupiter/MiniRig/400GHs Bitfury buyers mucking about with USB sticks. And by my definition, if a miner isn't hashing with that kind of power, they fall into the hobbyist category.

Btw, I'm a hobbyist currently hashing at 140Gh/s. I'm certainly not making enough to call this a career, lol.

No offence taken sir! Tongue

I too am a hobby miner.. I have a single 336MH/s Block Erupter going 24/7..
And I also just purchased 3 2.7GH/s at a hell of a deal from Barntech through DrillBit.

I will be mining at ~8.2GH/s in about 3 weeks hopefully.. A small mine with a slow break even but I'm excited none the less.

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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 20, 2013, 01:04:00 AM

Quote from: Bicknellski on September 20, 2013, 01:02:13 AM

The A1 28nm could be done as a USB... +20 Gh/s. Possible.

I'm not familiar with A1. Link?

https://bitmine.ch/?page_id=863

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Quote from: Bicknellski on September 20, 2013, 01:02:13 AM

The A1 28nm could be done as a USB... +20 Gh/s. Possible.

I'm not familiar with A1. Link?

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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 20, 2013, 12:58:32 AM

Quote from: MRKLYE on September 20, 2013, 12:50:33 AM

I think we will see as the 28nm chips are released and reels of them are made available that "next gen" USB miners will be released..
Although I must point out USB miners are more of a hobbyist thing then a serious mining rig, I went for the DrillBit USB thumbs (3 of them) which can be purchased here: http://www.drillbitsystem.com They should ROI some time in the next 6 months and may have overclocking capabilities greater then 2.7GH/s.. I am waiting to get my hands on mine to test this theory out!

I didn't mean the word "Hobbyist" to be offensive. But I guess I just don't see Jupiter/MiniRig/400GHs Bitfury buyers mucking about with USB sticks. And by my definition, if a miner isn't hashing with that kind of power, they fall into the hobbyist category.

Btw, I'm a hobbyist currently hashing at 140Gh/s. I'm certainly not making enough to call this a career, lol.

The current problem that we face is all future 28nm chips (that I have seen) require a large amount of power that a USB port just can't provide.

https://bitmine.ch/?product=coincraft-ai-asic
Could potentially run at 6+ ghs if you where in low power mode.

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The A1 28nm could be done as a USB... +20 Gh/s. Possible, but probably better to think of something that has a bit more "punch". Power wouldn't be an issue with A1 Chips as a USB but only having >20 Gh/s might. At some point there is a limit to building USB miners because of the diminishing returns on less hash power.

https://bitmine.ch/?product=coincraft-ai-asic

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Power usage* of 0.35 W/GH in low power, 0.6 W/GH in nominal and 1 W/GH in Turbo mode

You would need something unlike a USB but something that has a backplane to slot into.

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Quote from: MRKLYE on September 20, 2013, 12:50:33 AM

I think we will see as the 28nm chips are released and reels of them are made available that "next gen" USB miners will be released..
Although I must point out USB miners are more of a hobbyist thing then a serious mining rig, I went for the DrillBit USB thumbs (3 of them) which can be purchased here: http://www.drillbitsystem.com They should ROI some time in the next 6 months and may have overclocking capabilities greater then 2.7GH/s.. I am waiting to get my hands on mine to test this theory out!

I didn't mean the word "Hobbyist" to be offensive. But I guess I just don't see Jupiter/MiniRig/400GHs Bitfury buyers mucking about with USB sticks. And by my definition, if a miner isn't hashing with that kind of power, they fall into the hobbyist category.

Btw, I'm a hobbyist currently hashing at 140Gh/s. I'm certainly not making enough to call this a career, lol.

MRKLYE

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I think we will see as the 28nm chips are released and reels of them are made available that "next gen" USB miners will be released..
Although I must point out USB miners are more of a hobbyist thing then a serious mining rig, I went for the DrillBit USB thumbs (3 of them) which can be purchased here: http://www.drillbitsystem.com They should ROI some time in the next 6 months and may have overclocking capabilities greater then 2.7GH/s.. I am waiting to get my hands on mine to test this theory out!

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It seems like the Bitfury chip USB miners are going to be the next big thing for hobbyist miners. But is that the end of the line? Is anyone developing small die size 28nm chips or is everything in the pipeline monstrously sized single chip devices like KnC?

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