Our equipment is manufactured and optimized by HP. One Node (Linux server) can process thousands of smart contracts per second.
First prototype of the first Super Node processing software (blockchain part, already 80% complete) will be published on GitHub early next year.
http://github.com/bubbletone
We are planning to introduce BubbleTone blockchain platform to industry experts and perform a test run in Q1 2018 also.
Detailed equipment requirements are listed in investment agreement with Node owners, general requirements are provided in our WP, page 19. The whole network will be based on equipment from HP.
After signing a partnership agreement with HP we'll post it on our site.
The date of launch will be announced after the ICO. Current evaluation is as presented in roadmap.