Hello everyone
this post was written to ask :
whether you can find a way to DIY the PCB&SMT part in your place?
Sure can, I have 1 of Indonesias top PCB,SMT,Metal Stamping,PSU Manufacturing companies located 5 minutes drive from my house. They are listed on the Jakarta Stock exchange and I am already working with them on BitFury project.
I,e, if we sell you the pure chips and open source the PCB part, do you have your own way to solve the other part? can you solve the PCB/SMT/deploy plan all by yourself?
Yes, see above.
We are planning to tapeout 1500TH+ chips in Sep(i,e, the 2nd batch of 1st gen chips of btcgarden. The 1st batch of 250TH of 1st gen chips will be in hand soon and will be deployed in china as you might knew) ,all of these 1500TH will be in hand in the mid of Nov,
Oh dear, Alarm bell 1....explain your use and understanding of the term "Tapeout"
If you are "Taping-out" (in the true sense of the word) in September how do you expect to have (high yield quality) chips in hand soon?
A model: we sell pure chips(around 0.11BTC/GH , 3 TH as MOQ). we can send all of them to buyers immediately once we get it, and all of the open-source-references&information will be issued online in advance for sure.
Alarm bell 2, so you want us to pay you half the price of the Avalon chips up front for your chips (which are 19% faster than Avalon chips) but not receive them until mid November? Worse still, not have them mining until December?
B model: We sell the complete assembly just like ASICMINER`s blades.However ,this model will be more time-consuming and currently we do not have enough funds&Human Resources to do such a huge amount of it.(more than 100k boards needed)
Alarm bell 3, Yes I bet you dont want to go into board manufacture (at any cost) if 2nd batch chips are delivered in mid November, it would be pointless producing 32 chip boards @ 12.8 Gh/s each for delivery in December as the chips would cost 1.4 BTC (payable now) + board + BOM Components + SM + testing Cost. Even if we could get all of this done at your (china) price, we would be looking at 1.6 BTC for 12.8 Gh/s in hand in December?
C model: If you do not have a tech-background to do deployment but you have distribution channels,you can be our affiliate or group purchase organizer to earn the rakeback.
There will be no rakeback on this venture, people are wising up fast
BTW: our pcb for chips is 32-chips/board(400MH/s per chip), and it costs 25USD/blade in china.So if you have enough advantage on electric fee in you place(like WA state,USA),then this expenditure will not be a problem even if it is a little higher than china`s.
What is your predicted timeframe for a profitable return on a 12.8Gh/s blade starting mining in December, given that KNC, BitFury and your owd chinese 250Th/s have already joined the party? I could give you a timeframe but I guarantee ya, you wouldnt like it.
If you have any suggestions&preference(which model in your opinion?)&answers(do you have enough PCB-facturies in USA/your places?) please reply me ASAP,we are collecting infos,thank you.
Heres my suggestion; Cancel batch 2 production now and sell only what you have "in hand" otherwise you will become a "bag holder." It appears you are up shit creek without a paddle and are trying to offload your financial burden on us.
What you are offering there my friend (in real terms) is no better, if not, a worse deal than what Yifu has been peddling.
cheers,
kev