HashFast announces specs for new ASIC: 400GH/s - page 569.

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Quote from: ||bit on August 01, 2013, 09:34:02 AM

So, if I read this correctly, FastHash plans to be shipping chips in October - not hardware incorporating these chips. Does anyone see a fault with this observation? And if there is no fault, then where would one buy the hardware to utilize the chips?

And the first person falls victim of your name concatecation games Grin

I understand it so that they will be providing complete mining solutions as well, but they have not stated it outright, only in a roundabout way.

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So, if I read this correctly, FastHash plans to be shipping chips in October - not hardware incorporating these chips. Does anyone see a fault with this observation? And if there is no fault, then where would one buy the hardware to utilize the chips?

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Hooray for non-equilibrium thermodynamics!

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You guys keep "improving" it yet there's still 2 "Total" in all Wink

Whoops! You can tell we didn't spend long on this. Feel free to add your own adjectives, expletives etc. Maybe we need a git repo now Wink

- or at least a new thread, so that we stop spamming poor HashFast.

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Hooray for non-equilibrium thermodynamics!

Quote from: gyverlb on August 01, 2013, 07:00:53 AM

Quote from: turtle83 on August 01, 2013, 06:39:28 AM

improved version

Code:

import random

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print random.choice(names1) + random.choice(names2)

Choose from: http://pastie.org/private/jyv9c4dyxoxoy4mf8pq4sg

Challenge accepted ;-)

Ruby (1.9+) version

Code:

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

puts "Your new ASIC company name is: #{names1.sample}#{names2.sample}"

Beautiful! Much improved Grin

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Don't forget the option to swap things around. How about:

Code:

import random

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]
flip = random.randrange(2)

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
if flip == 0:
    print random.choice(names1) + random.choice(names2)
else:
    print random.choice(names2) + random.choice(names1)

I'm afraid that I didn't attempt the Ruby, my horrible Python is enough to foist on the world.

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Quote from: turtle83 on August 01, 2013, 06:39:28 AM

improved version

Code:

import random

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print random.choice(names1) + random.choice(names2)

Choose from: http://pastie.org/private/jyv9c4dyxoxoy4mf8pq4sg

Challenge accepted ;-)

Ruby (1.9+) version

Code:

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

puts "Your new ASIC company name is: #{names1.sample}#{names2.sample}"

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Quote from: jlsminingcorp on August 01, 2013, 06:27:50 AM

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on August 01, 2013, 05:57:43 AM

Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:55:50 AM

I said cool kids, I guess Sam and Yifu are hipsters.

Introducing the Forcecoin Bithash Fastminer... preorder now! Limited quantity!

See it works, mwuhahahaha!

(Damnit, I left out 'miner'!! Angry

)

It does indeed work. Probably a good way to spawn copycat coin names too.

Code:

import random

def rngen():
    rnum = random.random()
    rinteger = int(rnum * 100)
    return rinteger

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names1):
    rn = rngen()
part1 = names1[rn]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names2):
    rn = rngen()
part2 = names2[rn]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print part1 + part2

Edit: works a bit better with print part2 + part1

improved version

Code:

import random

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print random.choice(names1) + random.choice(names2)

Choose from: http://pastie.org/private/jyv9c4dyxoxoy4mf8pq4sg

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Quote from: jlsminingcorp on August 01, 2013, 06:27:50 AM

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on August 01, 2013, 05:57:43 AM

Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:55:50 AM

I said cool kids, I guess Sam and Yifu are hipsters.

Introducing the Forcecoin Bithash Fastminer... preorder now! Limited quantity!

See it works, mwuhahahaha!

(Damnit, I left out 'miner'!! Angry

)

It does indeed work. Probably a good way to spawn copycat coin names too.

Code:

import random

def rngen():
    rnum = random.random()
    rinteger = int(rnum * 100)
    return rinteger

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names1):
    rn = rngen()
part1 = names1[rn]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names2):
    rn = rngen()
part2 = names2[rn]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print part1 + part2

Haha lol, you superstar! That's just made my day, seriously!! Thank-you jsminingcorp! Grin

jlsminingcorp

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Hooray for non-equilibrium thermodynamics!

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on August 01, 2013, 05:57:43 AM

Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:55:50 AM

I said cool kids, I guess Sam and Yifu are hipsters.

Introducing the Forcecoin Bithash Fastminer... preorder now! Limited quantity!

See it works, mwuhahahaha!

(Damnit, I left out 'miner'!! Angry

)

It does indeed work. Probably a good way to spawn copycat coin names too.

Code:

import random

def rngen():
    rnum = random.random()
    rinteger = int(rnum * 100)
    return rinteger

names1 = ["Fast","Extreme","Total","Quick","Fury","Total","Mega","Go","Lon","Miner","Smash","Con","HandRouted","Huge","Force","Monster","Beast","Wildcat","Eruptor","CalmDown"]
names2 = ["Bit","Coin","Hash","SHA-256","Ava","ASIC","Miner","Crypto","Blockchain"]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names1):
    rn = rngen()
part1 = names1[rn]

rn = rngen ()
while rn >= len(names2):
    rn = rngen()
part2 = names2[rn]

print "Your new ASIC company name is:"
print part1 + part2

Edit: works a bit better with print part2 + part1

Bitcoinorama

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Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:55:50 AM

I said cool kids, I guess Sam and Yifu are hipsters.

Introducing the Forcecoin Bithash Fastminer... preorder now! Limited quantity!

See it works, mwuhahahaha!

(Damnit, I left out 'miner'!! Angry

)

Flashman

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Hodl!

I said cool kids, I guess Sam and Yifu are hipsters.

Introducing the Forcecoin Bithash Fastminer... preorder now! Limited quantity!

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Quote from: Bitcoinorama on August 01, 2013, 05:19:49 AM

Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:08:15 AM

Quote from: thejestre on July 31, 2013, 05:36:04 PM

On another note, please consider calling your unit something drastically different than what VMC calls their unit: the "Fast-Hash-One." I confused HashFast with VMC for a sec and almost preordered from the wrong company Wink

It's becoming quite the custom now similar names/initials, Bitfury Bitforce Butterfly, ASIC Miner Active Mining, HashFast fastHash, Labcoin Labratmining, all the cool kids are doing it.

Haha I think anything with 'bit', 'ASIC', 'hash', or 'coin' within a name, and general relevance to speed, or power is self explanatory within this discipline. You could probably create quite an amusing random ASIC co. name development tool using this principal Wink

Avalon? KNC?

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Quote from: Flashman on August 01, 2013, 05:08:15 AM

Quote from: thejestre on July 31, 2013, 05:36:04 PM

On another note, please consider calling your unit something drastically different than what VMC calls their unit: the "Fast-Hash-One." I confused HashFast with VMC for a sec and almost preordered from the wrong company Wink

It's becoming quite the custom now similar names/initials, Bitfury Bitforce Butterfly, ASIC Miner Active Mining, HashFast fastHash, Labcoin Labratmining, all the cool kids are doing it.

Haha I think anything with 'bit', 'ASIC', 'hash', or 'coin' within a name, and general relevance to speed, or power is self explanatory within this discipline. You could probably create quite an amusing random ASIC co. name development tool using this principal Wink

Flashman

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Hodl!

Quote from: thejestre on July 31, 2013, 05:36:04 PM

On another note, please consider calling your unit something drastically different than what VMC calls their unit: the "Fast-Hash-One." I confused HashFast with VMC for a sec and almost preordered from the wrong company Wink

It's becoming quite the custom now similar names/initials, Bitfury Bitforce Butterfly, ASIC Miner Active Mining, HashFast fastHash, Labcoin Labratmining, all the cool kids are doing it.

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Quote from: Ytterbium on July 31, 2013, 03:55:33 PM

Quote from: Simon Barber on July 31, 2013, 03:48:18 PM

We believe one previously announced effort at 28nm is using eASIC, so their cores are *much* bigger than they have to be. Of course their startup costs are much lower too, but it impacts the performance a lot. Look at the η-factor for other 28nm designs.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/process-invariant-hardware-metric-hash-meters-per-second-factor-119668

The η-factor thing is total nonsense for ASICs if they're thermally limited.

Also, KnC is using a standard cell design, not an eASIC 'easycopy' or whatever. eASIC is just one of the companies they work with.

Just for correctness. Taken from:

http://www.easic.com/Spatr7ve/website-wp1/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/easicopy-ASIC-Product-Brief.pdf

"The easicopy design flow is shown below. At the front end it requires a eASIC Nextreme or Nextreme-2 synthesized netlist and
an SDC timing constraints file. After initial synthesis, the design is taken through a traditional cell-based ASIC flow by eASIC
engineers. This includes Design For Test (DFT) insertion and synthesis, and then back-end physical implementation which includes
floorplanning, I/O ring design, power mesh design, timing driven place and route, timing closure, parasitic extraction, final STA, and
tapeout readiness."

That means, the eASIC easycopy service is a normal standard cell ASIC design flow. eASIC offers structured ASICs (FPGA hardcopies) and standard cell ASICs.

So theoretically eASIC would be a partner for a standard cell ASIC too. But I would not choose them for a 28nm implementation, because they have no proven first time right tape-outs in this technology node and there is a hard learning curve for that kind of implementations.

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Quote from: thejestre on July 31, 2013, 05:36:04 PM

Quote from: Kouye on July 31, 2013, 03:21:11 PM

Looks like you have setup a nice bunch of socks to flood down the important questions on this thread, congrats.

And while I'm here... Any word on this hillarious twitter account deletion ?

I must say I am interested in hearing what happened with the twitter account as well.

IMHO, I'd say it's nothing. Over-zealous kids wanting onto a moving bandwagon.

I think it's pretty clear - and will be clearer if and when they here, shortly, announce the tape is out and delivered - this team is for real.

Real teams can still fumble the ball, of course. But at least they have a ball to fumble.

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Quote from: Simon Barber on July 31, 2013, 03:48:18 PM

We believe one previously announced effort at 28nm is using eASIC, so their cores are *much* bigger than they have to be. Of course their startup costs are much lower too, but it impacts the performance a lot.

There was speculation that KnC was coursing towards an eASIC solution, in part because of OrSoC's relationship with them. This has subsequently been denied, as indicated in a post below yours.

There are also rumors, which you probably have heard yourself situated as you are, of private development seeking an eASIC solution. This, of course, would be partially motivated by such extant advantages as indicated under the -Cryption section of their cores page:
http://www.easic.com/easic-ez-ip-cores/

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Well well, silicon valley in the building! My excitement treads carefully ... tho my curiosity is growing astronomically! Do tell more about this 400GH/s asic you speak of..

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Quote from: Kouye on July 31, 2013, 03:21:11 PM

Looks like you have setup a nice bunch of socks to flood down the important questions on this thread, congrats.

And while I'm here... Any word on this hillarious twitter account deletion ?

I must say I am interested in hearing what happened with the twitter account as well.

I will be optimistic and think HashFast is trying to figure that out as well, while their "marketing" person is shrugging and hoping they will forget the incident lol.

On another note, please consider calling your unit something drastically different than what VMC calls their unit: the "Fast-Hash-One." I confused HashFast with VMC for a sec and almost preordered from the wrong company Wink

.

Thanks,

_theJestre

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Quote from: Simon Barber on July 31, 2013, 03:48:18 PM

We believe one previously announced effort at 28nm is using eASIC, so their cores are *much* bigger than they have to be. Of course their startup costs are much lower too, but it impacts the performance a lot. Look at the η-factor for other 28nm designs.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/process-invariant-hardware-metric-hash-meters-per-second-factor-119668

The η-factor thing is total nonsense for ASICs if they're thermally limited.

Also, KnC is using a standard cell design, not an eASIC 'easycopy' or whatever. eASIC is just one of the companies they work with.

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Quote from: Flashman on July 30, 2013, 09:57:56 AM

Quote from: trigeek on July 30, 2013, 08:58:00 AM

some of it sounds almost too good to be true,

Anyway, if Uniquify has spun Hashfast a line of 28nm being good for 4Ghz... then past experience seems to indicate a SHA ASIC will have an absolute maximum of about 1.33Ghz on that, and may need to be dropped to 1Ghz or below to meet power targets. 100 engine chip at 4Ghz, too good to be true. 400 engine chip at 1Ghz, too big to be true.

We believe one previously announced effort at 28nm is using eASIC, so their cores are *much* bigger than they have to be. Of course their startup costs are much lower too, but it impacts the performance a lot. Look at the η-factor for other 28nm designs.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/process-invariant-hardware-metric-hash-meters-per-second-factor-119668

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