Topic: [Announcement] Avalon ASIC Batch #1 Ships - page 69. (Read 238926 times)

So no one got bricks in the mail yet?

Another quick post before the reviews are published:

9.7 ASIC choices: What will the first batch of Avalon ASICs earn?

You know, I would be happy enough just to see Avalon put the boxes they DO have finished on the network and blast the diff out of the stratos. That would at least convince me SOMEONE had an ASIC.

I really don,t hope that after Jeff G. opens the "shipped" box ..all he gets are a new pair of running shoes..  

Well, that was an.... interesting... deletion. 

Is that coming from any official statement?

I seriously doubt they'll accept pre-orders for batch two before/during CNY.

TRUE. I have asked some questions from this list, but no response at all. It piss me off. No response here, via PM, QQ...BitSyncom, come to us mortals and make us happy with your answers.

Seeing as how you can't order from the second batch, that doesn't seem like a very big problem.

I guess that no one will have the balls to order from the second batch if no tangible proof appears before that.

Fool - read what I said - I worded it VERY SPECIFICALLY Edit: IT IS CORRECT

The words are "you must supply to anyone who rightfully requests it."
Those who rightfully request it will be those who have the right to request it - those who get the hardware and software - others cannot rightfully request it.

Yet again gmaxwell you have misread what I wrote - but in this case it is VERY specific what I wrote.
Read it again - it is not what you are implying I wrote.

There is no requirement yet for them to give it to me.

Meanwhile ...

They have however stated that they would, here in this thread, twice, and on their web site.
I will also point out that they promote themselves as open source even on their own web site.

I do find the fact that they would promote that yet hide the source, that is already complete according to them, quite hypocritical.

However, as I also stated, there is one possibility I can think of that would cover the fact that they MUST already have the source for the device and not show it ... and that is that they indeed DO NOT have the source for the device and are shipping devices that don't in fact work properly yet.

Seriously there is nothing to 'clean up'.
If there was something to 'clean up' then they have shipped devices with this non-'cleaned up' code used to generate the binaries.

I'll be blunt, I find this whole 'we will not demonstrate a device like we promised to' rather suspect.

Without doubt they can piss people off and hide details as much as they like, since they have already sold all 300 devices in this batch - but I don't see how pissing off many people can possibly be good for them ... unless they have no choice but to do it ...
When someone does finally get a device ... I will be interested indeed to see firstly how long that takes for them to get it, and secondly their response to anyone who rightfully can request the source.

To put it in the simplest terms, either there is a package on it's way to Jeff Garzik and when he gets it everyone will know what they want to know ... or there is something suspect going on.
The issue IMO will be how long until that package gets to Jeff Garzik ... and then how long until they supply the source code to anyone who rightfully can request it.

I will also point out that from my discussion with Xiangfu, they have used serial-USB to code it.
I have been removing the serial-USB code from cgminer for a while now, specifically due to what I believe ASIC requirements will be ... based on FPGA software design and performance ... I guess we'll see who can in fact write the best software for it ... and if I don't have a device to test it on, obviously it wont be me ... and these games with source code would suggest to me to ignore Avalon altogether, with regards to writing code, until they make it worth our while.

However, since they have indeed claimed to put GPL3 cgminer code into their device, I will continue to monitor that they do indeed adhere to the license ...

I will, however, be doing code for BFL and asicminer when they do supply the hardware - so if they are both close to doing that, I'll certainly be busy working on that as soon as I get the chance.

Pretty good moves considering the situation. I hope you are rewarded.

I am a current paid customer and I purchased one of the first 50 units. I am getting a little nervous. I have been very happy with the Avalon team up to this point and I understand that they could be very busy. But some things aren't making sense.

-the lack of details about hardware and power consumption
-no software or source code released
-unresolved problems (Dust paid but can't get a response regarding his order)
-a lack of communication with current paid customers
-no tracking numbers have been provided
-recent communication in this forum with BitSyncom is vague and ambiguous
-didn't do what they said they were going to do (video)
-shipping and customs details are vague
-no form has been made available to us to select DHL or EMS

I had orders with all 3 asic "companies". I got refunds from the other two as soon as I smelled bullshit. There will be be no refund here if there is a problem. I thought I was pretty smart playing all 3 companies, but now I'm starting to wonder...

Come on Avalon team, make us BELIEVE. I continue to wait as patiently as I can.

In the larger world of linux kernel development for example, when developing original novel code for new hardware all we need to do is ask the manufacturers nicely for some sample hardware and provided the developer is a known developer for code in the past they are often given samples of hardware that isn't even available for sale yet. This is always going on with the manufacturing from Intel, AMD, IBM etc. They are aware that having software available for their hardware is only beneficial to their hardware sales and the cost of sponsoring the software development directly versus giving away a few hardware samples is a simple equation that works in their favour. Indeed the developers are often invited to pre-release talks from the manufacturers regarding the hardware development and their input valued and can often change hardware development direction before release because these are the people who know what they're talking about and the manufacturers realised this long ago. Great hardware is only ever made when the software developers are involved in the development process and the software that goes with it is shipped at the same time.

Thinking us software developers just want "freebies" is just a short sighted view of the world. It's only on this round of bitcoin hardware development (with ASICs) that the manufacturers have even begun to embrace what the massive manufacturers have been doing for years, and not remotely on the scale that Intel and AMD would since we're largely in the dark about the hardware and communication protocols until virtually the release date. Of course the scale, timelines and profit margins are completely different, but the variables remain the same.

EDIT: Trust me, you don't want to actually contract me to do software work. It's prohibitively expensive - just ask coinlab who did contract me. Or, you can rely on me coding free software instead.

Where in Australia? I've had a look at a map and can't find it. 

Jeff Garzik was the original author of minerd which evolved into cgminer which I now maintain. There are most definitely still remnants of his original code still in cgminer today which is GPL licensed. Given that fact, I think it highly likely he will have an interest in making sure the code for a customised cgminer for avalon hardware is made available. I very much doubt given Jeff's history with free software that he will just ask for the code and just look at it himself without making it available for everyone else.

In other words, Kano, become a paying customer.

This is not correct.

They have NO obligation to give you the source code. They have an obligation to give the source code (indeed, the actual code and not a 'cleaned up' version) to parties that they gave the binaries to, if they request it. That's it. Go read the license.

you might want to wait at least until march.

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