HashFast announces specs for new ASIC: 400GH/s - page 527.

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Quote from: gmaxwell on October 10, 2013, 07:30:38 PM

Sort of unfortunate to see it using rpi ... they've been pretty unreliable historically. Then again, the little wrt routers in the avalons haven't been especially robust either. If the connectivity to the rpi is USB hopefully it'll be possible to replace the rpi with something more reliable.

Hi GM,

The rpi is only to ensure Baby-Jets work out-of-the box.

Anything other (more robust) hardware you can get to run Raspbian is simple to drop in as a substitute.

We are only including a chassis, rpi controller, cooling, and PSU to get everyone running ASAP.

But we don't want to sell boxes any longer than absolutely necessary, so everything (except the GN ASIC itself) is designed to be modular and open-sourced soon.

We want the community to discover their own brilliant solutions, whether using retail products or custom inventions.

Best,

HF_CL

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Hi,

What's the power requirements to power a Sierra unit? i.e. 10 or 15amp power from wall? or uses ATX PSU?

Thanks,
QG

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Quote from: cypherdoc on October 10, 2013, 08:33:50 PM

Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 08:07:45 PM

Quote from: itod on October 10, 2013, 06:28:58 PM

Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 03:33:33 PM

That isn't the case here. Did the read the blog post? Toward the end it also says, "The Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are available on the back panel of the Baby Jet for you to connect to." So there was no confusion between 'Serial' and 'USB'.

Yes, I've read the blog post. Baby Jet may have maximum two mini-boards, each connected through one of the two available USB ports on the R. Pi. Simple solution, battle-tested tested through MiniPeon project and perfectly clear.

It doesn't say anything of the sort in that blog post it says the USB ports are free. You're missing the point. My issue is the lack of clear and accurate information. We can infer it's USB now from the postings in this forum but what's so difficult about writing a concise overview of how it is all going to work? What about releasing a diagram of the mounting hole spacing for the 'mini-board' and what kind of mounting assembly will be required if we want to try alternative cooling options.

give me a break.

i've never once seen Sam or Marcus on the KNC thread.

I don't know I haven't read the KNC threads. Don't you keep saying how HF wants to foster a community around their GN chip. I don't understand how they expect that to happen. If you want to compare to KNC they have, for example, specifications of what kind of power supply you need to run their miners and actual photos of devices showing connectors on their company website. But I don't care what KNC is doing I didn't buy a miner from them.

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Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 08:07:45 PM

Quote from: itod on October 10, 2013, 06:28:58 PM

Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 03:33:33 PM

That isn't the case here. Did the read the blog post? Toward the end it also says, "The Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are available on the back panel of the Baby Jet for you to connect to." So there was no confusion between 'Serial' and 'USB'.

Yes, I've read the blog post. Baby Jet may have maximum two mini-boards, each connected through one of the two available USB ports on the R. Pi. Simple solution, battle-tested tested through MiniPeon project and perfectly clear.

It doesn't say anything of the sort in that blog post it says the USB ports are free. You're missing the point. My issue is the lack of clear and accurate information. We can infer it's USB now from the postings in this forum but what's so difficult about writing a concise overview of how it is all going to work? What about releasing a diagram of the mounting hole spacing for the 'mini-board' and what kind of mounting assembly will be required if we want to try alternative cooling options.

give me a break.

i've never once seen Sam or Marcus on the KNC thread.

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Quote from: itod on October 10, 2013, 06:28:58 PM

Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 03:33:33 PM

That isn't the case here. Did the read the blog post? Toward the end it also says, "The Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are available on the back panel of the Baby Jet for you to connect to." So there was no confusion between 'Serial' and 'USB'.

Yes, I've read the blog post. Baby Jet may have maximum two mini-boards, each connected through one of the two available USB ports on the R. Pi. Simple solution, battle-tested tested through MiniPeon project and perfectly clear.

It doesn't say anything of the sort in that blog post it says the USB ports are free. You're missing the point. My issue is the lack of clear and accurate information. We can infer it's USB now from the postings in this forum but what's so difficult about writing a concise overview of how it is all going to work? What about releasing a diagram of the mounting hole spacing for the 'mini-board' and what kind of mounting assembly will be required if we want to try alternative cooling options.

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for over $5000 it should every possible option...

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I would rather just use a regular computer... why would i trust 100 bucks a day to a pi or whatnot...

I can hook these up to one of my puters right?

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Sort of unfortunate to see it using rpi ... they've been pretty unreliable historically. Then again, the little wrt routers in the avalons haven't been especially robust either. If the connectivity to the rpi is USB hopefully it'll be possible to replace the rpi with something more reliable.

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Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 03:33:33 PM

That isn't the case here. Did the read the blog post? Toward the end it also says, "The Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are available on the back panel of the Baby Jet for you to connect to." So there was no confusion between 'Serial' and 'USB'.

Yes, I've read the blog post. Baby Jet may have maximum two mini-boards, each connected through one of the two available USB ports on the R. Pi. Simple solution, battle-tested tested through MiniPeon project and perfectly clear.

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Quote from: itod on October 10, 2013, 11:55:41 AM

Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 07:08:26 AM

Speaking of the blog doesn't the post titled, "Baby Jet Controller" directly contradict what is being said here in this forum?

On the blog it says, "The Baby Jet ships with a built in Raspberry Pi model B. This acts as the controller for the one or two GN chips in the Baby Jet. The controller talks to the chips over its internal serial port." but in recent posts on this forum company representatives are saying that each "mini-board" will communicate with the controller over USB.

So no the content of the blog hasn't escaped notice which is why I was surprised when it was said that the boards connected to the controller via USB vs. the earlier stated serial connection.

The "S" in USB stands for "serial". People sometimes call USB - serial port, although formally speaking it is not a port, it is a bus.

That isn't the case here. Did the read the blog post? Toward the end it also says, "The Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port and 2 USB ports are available on the back panel of the Baby Jet for you to connect to." So there was no confusion between 'Serial' and 'USB'.

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Quote from: calichomp on October 10, 2013, 10:56:02 AM

Thanks a lot on the HF vocabulary and semiconductor lessons.

Who is doing your board assembly?

like i said. they don't have to tell you squat. just like all the other asic companies didn't.

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Or will you not tell us because you know you're going to be late?

you don't know that. and what if they are a bit late? how out of the ordinary would that be given every other asic company's lateness?

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HF may as well eat their shoes and ship the BJ's with two modules already in there. Will save a good deal on shipping for HF and may save the company's image.

Translation: "Gimme freebies b/c i deserve and am entitled to it. and i want them now. if you don't give me what i want, i'm gonna keep smearing your image for no good reason."

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Quote from: pmorici on October 10, 2013, 07:08:26 AM

Speaking of the blog doesn't the post titled, "Baby Jet Controller" directly contradict what is being said here in this forum?

On the blog it says, "The Baby Jet ships with a built in Raspberry Pi model B. This acts as the controller for the one or two GN chips in the Baby Jet. The controller talks to the chips over its internal serial port." but in recent posts on this forum company representatives are saying that each "mini-board" will communicate with the controller over USB.

So no the content of the blog hasn't escaped notice which is why I was surprised when it was said that the boards connected to the controller via USB vs. the earlier stated serial connection.

The "S" in USB stands for "serial". People sometimes call USB - serial port, although formally speaking it is not a port, it is a bus.

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Thanks a lot on the HF vocabulary and semiconductor lessons.

Who is doing your board assembly? Or will you not tell us because you know you're going to be late? HF may as well eat their shoes and ship the BJ's with two modules already in there. Will save a good deal on shipping for HF and may save the company's image.

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Quote from: HashFast_CL on October 09, 2013, 10:50:14 PM

There is a lot more great content on the HashFast blog that somehow escaped the forum's notice!

I'm pretty sure most people here have read all the blog content. Speaking of the blog doesn't the post titled, "Baby Jet Controller" directly contradict what is being said here in this forum?

On the blog it says, "The Baby Jet ships with a built in Raspberry Pi model B. This acts as the controller for the one or two GN chips in the Baby Jet. The controller talks to the chips over its internal serial port." but in recent posts on this forum company representatives are saying that each "mini-board" will communicate with the controller over USB.

So no the content of the blog hasn't escaped notice which is why I was surprised when it was said that the boards connected to the controller via USB vs. the earlier stated serial connection.

https://hashfast.com/the-baby-jet-controller/

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Quote from: Visesrion on October 10, 2013, 12:38:16 AM

Well thanks for clarifiying the motherboard/module confussion Cheesy

Now we just need pics of the pcbs, cases, water cooling parts or other component you have around to maintain the hype until the chips come

+1. We still need to see the actual baby jet, we are 10 days out!

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Well thanks for clarifiying the motherboard/module confussion Cheesy

Now we just need pics of the pcbs, cases, water cooling parts or other component you have around to maintain the hype until the chips come

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Xilinix control software

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Posted on August 2, 2013 by Simon Barber

This is the Xilinx control software. Xilinx is the manufacturer of the FPGA platform that we are using for emulation of our chip for doing tests and verification of our logic. Here, it is illustrating the output of compiling our logic to be run in the FPGA—so it is showing the number of flip-flops, the amount of combinatorial logic, our supply, and the temperature at which the chip is running. You may click the picture below to see the diagnostic.

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Where does it say anything about lifetime warranty of Hashfast miners ?

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FPGA: Xilinx Virtex-7

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Posted on July 31, 2013 by Simon Barber

This is the FPGA card, which is a Xilinx Virtex-7 that is used to run FPGA emulation of our ASIC. In the FPGA, we only have room to run five hashcores. In the real ASIC there are many, many more.

In our final ASIC, we will actually speed the chip up and slow the chip down by varying voltage and frequency according to a temperature measurement with the on-die temperature sensors. That will mean that the chip will run as fast as possible given the cooling solution that it is working with. If you have no cooling, it will throttle right back and run really slowly. If you put very good upgraded cooling and you have a cold air or water source, then the chip will ramp up and get as much performance as it can.

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Quote from: itod on October 09, 2013, 05:19:00 PM

Quote from: Rampion on October 09, 2013, 03:27:19 PM

Miner protection is BS. The more GH/s hashfast distributes, the more difficult will be to have positive ROI.

After this nonsense it's very hard to discuss anything. So miner protection is bad because it gives more GHs to HashFast customers?!?!?

This thread is becoming a troll-fest really fast. It would be nice to have KnC shills back to KnC-still-no-tracking-number-whining thread.

ohh!! now the trolls want to end the trolling while everyone on KNC had to deal with attacks from every rock each jackoff miner company threw at KNC customers

We'll leave you a few bitcoins left to mine by Nov for you guys, ok?

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