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legendary
Activity: 1600
Merit: 1014
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.


How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty. 

I don't have a ballpark price on hand but that's not too far from what we're looking to build. A pair of my boards would do 2TH/220W in approximately 6"x9" of PCB and screw onto an S1 heatsink.
What I am planing ( of course if ever) is 180x120 mm PCB for this kind of chip count with top(just in case) and bottom heat sink .
Any price range mentioned would be a big big speculation.
Just the bare PCB  can be calculated for now and there is probability  for change too.
For sure I would like to design a single USB stick type miner too

I think you would need the top heat sink because of the FC package.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.


How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty. 

I don't have a ballpark price on hand but that's not too far from what we're looking to build. A pair of my boards would do 2TH/220W in approximately 6"x9" of PCB and screw onto an S1 heatsink.
What I am planing ( of course if ever) is 180x120 mm PCB for this kind of chip count with top(just in case) and bottom heat sink .
Any price range mentioned would be a big big speculation.
Just the bare PCB  can be calculated for now and there is probability  for change too.
For sure I would like to design a single USB stick type miner too
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.



How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty.  

The number of chips doesn't make sense I guess... Chip count times chip core voltage should fit the DC voltage of the power supply.
In fact this is not true
You can always use some single DC-DC on the input and arrange it according to chip count
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.


How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty. 

I don't have a ballpark price on hand but that's not too far from what we're looking to build. A pair of my boards would do 2TH/220W in approximately 6"x9" of PCB and screw onto an S1 heatsink.
legendary
Activity: 1600
Merit: 1014
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.



How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty.  

The number of chips doesn't make sense I guess... Chip count times chip core voltage should fit the DC voltage of the power supply.
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.


How much do you think a board would cost to run 20 chips per board?  Subtract the price of the BF chips so I am just talking about the board.

20 chips should run 2TH at .11w/gh so 220W per board.  How big would the board need to be? 10" X 10"?

Qty 500 boards.

I am just curious as to the cost of the board in qty. 
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
I am under NDA .
So just take my word for it.
legendary
Activity: 980
Merit: 1001
aka "whocares"
I took part in team for about 3 different mining boards designs.
A lot of experience with electronic projects etc.
The software is not the problem just a drivers for open source .
Of course the firmware and the pcb is the key work here.

Nice, just curious.  Care to elaborate a bit on the boards you have worked on, I am intrigued to say the least.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
I took part in team for about 3 different mining boards designs.
A lot of experience with electronic projects etc.
The software is not the problem just a drivers for open source .
Of course the firmware and the pcb is the key work here.
legendary
Activity: 980
Merit: 1001
aka "whocares"
there are at least 3-4 teams(persons) , that have the needed experience and know how as an example:
sidehack , vs3 , me and a few others that did not write here lately I think

I am just curious about what qualifications you have to make an efficient miner?  I am not asking to be an ass but out of genuine curiosity.  I would go out on a limb and say that your average electronics guy cannot make an efficient miner, let alone the software to run it.

While I can't comment on Mitak, I can speak as a satisfied customer of sidehack. His Compac USB stick works just great. This includes a BM1384 (i.e. Antminer S5 class) part and has a very broad range of power speed options.

I would be willing to bet he could make a dandy USB stick based on their part that would be say 50GH or possibly more. If Bitfury would talk with him, and supply samples at a reasonable price, things would be swell.

Just my unsolicted $.02 on at least one members capabilities.

Sorry, I was asking about Mitak not Sidehack Et al.
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
If we're looking at wrapping back around to our original TypeZero idea, which would be a quarter S1, probably ten chips to a board for about 4TH/400W stock setting on a four-board kit - which, with a decent heatsink and 80 or 120mm fan could be a standalone 100W pod miner. If I built a stickminer off it I'd want to get at least a 100GH top end capable. That's the main things I'd work on, probably not bother with anything bigger because someone else will probably do it cheaper and mass-produce it for big players. Y'all know Novak and I prefer to build for the people like us.
alh
legendary
Activity: 1846
Merit: 1052
there are at least 3-4 teams(persons) , that have the needed experience and know how as an example:
sidehack , vs3 , me and a few others that did not write here lately I think

I am just curious about what qualifications you have to make an efficient miner?  I am not asking to be an ass but out of genuine curiosity.  I would go out on a limb and say that your average electronics guy cannot make an efficient miner, let alone the software to run it.

While I can't comment on Mitak, I can speak as a satisfied customer of sidehack. His Compac USB stick works just great. This includes a BM1384 (i.e. Antminer S5 class) part and has a very broad range of power speed options.

I would be willing to bet he could make a dandy USB stick based on their part that would be say 50GH or possibly more. If Bitfury would talk with him, and supply samples at a reasonable price, things would be swell.

Just my unsolicted $.02 on at least one members capabilities.
legendary
Activity: 980
Merit: 1001
aka "whocares"
there are at least 3-4 teams(persons) , that have the needed experience and know how as an example:
sidehack , vs3 , me and a few others that did not write here lately I think

I am just curious about what qualifications you have to make an efficient miner?  I am not asking to be an ass but out of genuine curiosity.  I would go out on a limb and say that your average electronics guy cannot make an efficient miner, let alone the software to run it.
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021
The design Novak and I are working on should be flexible that we could port it to a different chip without a lot of problem. I'd love to get my hands on some new BF silicon.

How many chips would you put per board? 
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
So since these chips are so efficient and powerful. Why sell them and not just mine themselves instead?



You are right about that, but I don't have $1M so I can't buy chips to build miners and go mining... Even if I want to buy rev3 chips for like $10000 or $50000, no chance how things look right now...

The reason is the MOQ is so high it helps out on r/d costs, costs of their own machines, etc.  They sell in such big quanities that they will make a good profit.

So if they have the opportunity to sell a few bulk and make a few million easy quick ROI by selling chips.  I predict they will do it, the trick is meeting that MOQ.
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
The design Novak and I are working on should be flexible that we could port it to a different chip without a lot of problem. I'd love to get my hands on some new BF silicon.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
there are at least 3-4 teams(persons) , that have the needed experience and know how as an example:
sidehack , vs3 , me and a few others that did not write here lately I think
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021
Wee can make a group buy on these cips?

If we can get someone to design a board I would participate in a group buy. 
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
1M usd group buy Huh
Really ..?
It is 2016 not 2013
legendary
Activity: 1161
Merit: 1001
Don`t invest more than you can afford to lose
Wee can make a group buy on these cips?
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