ACTUAL Butterfly Labs PCB pics! - page 12.

dani

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..yeah

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The Single SC as a whole will have a base area of 98x98mm fully assembled, and will be 74mm high

according to http://bitcoinmagazine.net/butterfly-labs-releases-more-asic-photos/ and looking at the picture of an single bfl shwos on there website, i see there must be some "air" above the cooler.
comparing heigth vs length (74mm vs 98mm) there must be like 2/3 of it made of air (speaking of the heigth). more than enough space for a fan.
But maybe they just like to build something similiar lookin to their fpga, wasting space for no use at all. Whats it gonna be?

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Woohoo pics! Thanks.

dani

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..yeah

it looks nice. i like the heatpipes and copper. I see one connector for fans on the front (on bfl website) and 1 pin on the backside that may belong to another fan connector (i know they are not called "fan connector", 3pin connector? whatev). i really hope those are meant for the sc minirig, because otherwise i assume they are planned for cooling the single actively.

If not 60watt seem legit for a cooler that size. Hm..

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I can't wait for my singles to arrive anymore, thanks for posting the pics.

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Quote from: DobZombie on October 20, 2012, 01:48:22 AM

Quote from: juggalodarkclow on October 19, 2012, 07:15:00 PM

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.... scheduled to be released in late November or December.

Oh for fucks sake.

If it gets delayed anymore the SC is going to be allocated as "Andrew's Christmas present" by the Mrs

O.o

or Valentine's Day.

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Quote from: Minor on October 20, 2012, 02:16:37 AM

Quote from: ice_chill on October 19, 2012, 08:44:56 PM

ASICs look like RAM chips on an 8GB DDR3 module lol.

lol?

You do realize that both the word "chip" in "RAM chip" and the "IC" in "ASIC" mean Integrated Circuit, don't you.
And as they are both integrated circuits, it is not really surprising (or humorous) that they look similar when soldered onto a board.

Quote from: Jack1Rip1BurnIt on October 19, 2012, 07:36:27 PM

Is there any way to tell what process was used to make the device just from pictures? 130nm?

Nah, from the shade of gray I'd say it's most probably 65nm.

Wow. Just wow.
The level of ignorance on this Forum sometimes astounds me.

They're friggen dark grey squares with no markings, how the hell is anyone supposed to determine the technology used.
(X-ray vision does not work over the Interwebs.)

If the parts were even ever marked at some point (and early engineering samples often are not) you can be sure that BFL would have sanded the markings off like they did with the Atratix chips in their previous generation products.

And yes, I know it's "Stratix", not "Atratix", I just find it funny how people have been quoting the original typo without ever realizing it.

I don't know that's all I was asking? Don't have a holy-fucking-shit-coniption. I've just heard a lot of talk about "I wonder what technology they're gonna use?" and was just wondering if there is a way to tell other than hooking the fuckers up to a computer or something. That's all, get it? The question was answered immediately after I asked it. Just sayin'

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Quote from: ice_chill on October 19, 2012, 08:44:56 PM

ASICs look like RAM chips on an 8GB DDR3 module lol.

lol?

You do realize that both the word "chip" in "RAM chip" and the "IC" in "ASIC" mean Integrated Circuit, don't you.
And as they are both integrated circuits, it is not really surprising (or humorous) that they look similar when soldered onto a board.

Quote from: Jack1Rip1BurnIt on October 19, 2012, 07:36:27 PM

Is there any way to tell what process was used to make the device just from pictures? 130nm?

Nah, from the shade of gray I'd say it's most probably 65nm.

Wow. Just wow.
The level of ignorance on this Forum sometimes astounds me.

They're friggen dark grey squares with no markings, how the hell is anyone supposed to determine the technology used.
(X-ray vision does not work over the Interwebs.)

If the parts were even ever marked at some point (and early engineering samples often are not) you can be sure that BFL would have sanded the markings off like they did with the Atratix chips in their previous generation products.

And yes, I know it's "Stratix", not "Atratix", I just find it funny how people have been quoting the original typo without ever realizing it.

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Quote from: juggalodarkclow on October 19, 2012, 07:15:00 PM

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.... scheduled to be released in late November or December.

Oh for fucks sake.

If it gets delayed anymore the SC is going to be allocated as "Andrew's Christmas present" by the Mrs

O.o

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Each of the eight black squares on the board is a chip capable of computing 7.5 GH/s. Its theoretical maximum output is even higher, but the decision was made to limit the computing power of each chip to provide quieter operation.

This is what I'll be tracking. Reminds me of the old governors we had to put on cars that could go faster but weren't allowed.
Hack.

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