Topic: Good News: Avalon ASIC Samples shipped, (sorry for the panic over the weekend) - page 3. (Read 4494 times)
June 09, 2013, 01:48:20 PM
I think we should just trust the group buy owners to co-ordinate and distribute the samples among the developers they think has the greatest chance of making good use of them.
June 09, 2013, 01:47:43 PM
That's a bit shee-ty 
but it was really a bonus
but it was really a bonus 
June 09, 2013, 01:40:47 PM
I need only one chip, a single chip, to verify a clone I am building based on Avalon published data. At the logical level, I can model the chips on a hashing unit, and run that model using another Spartan FPGA, but it would take time to produce even just a logical-level model.
If it is difficult for me, building just a clone of the original Avalon design, what more for those who are trying to come up with their own design, like Bkkcoin's Klondike.
If it is difficult for me, building just a clone of the original Avalon design, what more for those who are trying to come up with their own design, like Bkkcoin's Klondike.
June 09, 2013, 01:00:41 PM
Maybe the developers that do get the chips can share chip application information with everyone.
The Avalon data sheet left out a lot of information that can be acquired by developers applying the chip to their designs.
Hopefully some developers will share lessons learned with the community.
The Avalon data sheet left out a lot of information that can be acquired by developers applying the chip to their designs.
Hopefully some developers will share lessons learned with the community.
June 09, 2013, 12:59:36 PM
Folks, miners and Avalon ASIC board developers,
I just got emailed from Avalon that the sample chips for the ASIC chips ordered are shipped. Even received an EMS shipping number, great news!
But I was also informed that only one set of sample chips will be delivered to one receiver address, which essentially means that you will receive 30 samples, no matter if you ordered 10k or 200k chips.
Given that I did the group buy with 70k chips for almost 300 users and there are at least 10 projects working on mining boards and desperately awaiting the samples for validation, this is disastrous news. It means that only one or two of them will be given the chance to finalize their design before chips arrive.
Very disappointing
I just got emailed from Avalon that the sample chips for the ASIC chips ordered are shipped. Even received an EMS shipping number, great news!
But I was also informed that only one set of sample chips will be delivered to one receiver address, which essentially means that you will receive 30 samples, no matter if you ordered 10k or 200k chips.
Given that I did the group buy with 70k chips for almost 300 users and there are at least 10 projects working on mining boards and desperately awaiting the samples for validation, this is disastrous news. It means that only one or two of them will be given the chance to finalize their design before chips arrive.
Very disappointing
Ouch. That is going to leave a mark.
June 09, 2013, 12:57:38 PM
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2421403
The result will most probably be for my group buy: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2422271
The result will most probably be for my group buy: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2422271
June 09, 2013, 12:54:46 PM
Edit:
BitSyncom clarified that this was a miscommunication here and sample chips will be in fact provided per 10k batch.
Sorry for causing panic over the weekend.
Folks, miners and Avalon ASIC board developers,
I just got emailed from Avalon that the sample chips for the ASIC chips ordered are shipped. Even received an EMS shipping number, great news!
But I was also informed that only one set of sample chips will be delivered to one receiver address, which essentially means that you will receive 30 samples, no matter if you ordered 10k or 200k chips.
Given that I did the group buy with 70k chips for almost 300 users and there are at least 10 projects working on mining boards and desperately awaiting the samples for validation, this is disastrous news. It means that only one or two of them will be given the chance to finalize their design before chips arrive.
Very disappointing
BitSyncom clarified that this was a miscommunication here and sample chips will be in fact provided per 10k batch.
Sorry for causing panic over the weekend.
Folks, miners and Avalon ASIC board developers,
I just got emailed from Avalon that the sample chips for the ASIC chips ordered are shipped. Even received an EMS shipping number, great news!
But I was also informed that only one set of sample chips will be delivered to one receiver address, which essentially means that you will receive 30 samples, no matter if you ordered 10k or 200k chips.
Given that I did the group buy with 70k chips for almost 300 users and there are at least 10 projects working on mining boards and desperately awaiting the samples for validation, this is disastrous news. It means that only one or two of them will be given the chance to finalize their design before chips arrive.
Very disappointing
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