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ASIC endgame still very far away!
August 17, 2014, 09:37:39 PM
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Quote from: User705 on August 17, 2014, 07:03:58 PM
Power efficiency is not a major consideration currently.  It's still price per GH.
Depends on when those chips are installed into miners and go into production. At the current rate of difficulty increases, a miner going into production today produces twice as many BTC as one going into production in 52 days on October 7. For this reason, a lot of expect that rate to slow down - but it has not slowed down yet.
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Re: ASIC endgame still very far away!
August 17, 2014, 07:03:58 PM
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Power efficiency is not a major consideration currently.  It's still price per GH.
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Re: ASIC endgame still very far away!
August 17, 2014, 11:49:02 AM
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Quote from: User705 on August 16, 2014, 05:55:35 PM
"Old" KNC chips available at 15 cents per GH with tiny MOQ.  Which means their regular chips are even cheaper.  With current ASIC prices about $1 per GH the ASIC endgame appears to still be ways away.
Low cost per GHS is part of the equation. You also need power efficiency for the assembled rigs.
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Re: ASIC endgame still very far away!
August 16, 2014, 05:55:35 PM
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"Old" KNC chips available at 15 cents per GH with tiny MOQ.  Which means their regular chips are even cheaper.  With current ASIC prices about $1 per GH the ASIC endgame appears to still be ways away.
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