Topic: High Efficiency FPGA & ASIC Bitcoin Mining Devices https://BTCFPGA.com - page 55. (Read 218469 times)
October 10, 2012, 01:46:07 PM
Have you ironed out the details on upgrading from a ModMiner Quad to a bASIC yet? Or will that also be part of the big news release?
October 10, 2012, 08:41:23 AM
thanks for the update, it sounds like you will be very busy and productive today!
October 10, 2012, 07:19:50 AM
Good Morning,
It's October 10th 2012
Today's Agenda:
I will be out of the office this morning, need to start working on the new office space to get it ready, the business line will be forwarding to my cell if anyone needs me or has any questions.
I will be doing customer service / answering emails when I get back this afternoon. If you dont want to wait for an email please by all means give me a call.
See you later and have a great day!
Tom
(315) 514-0269
It's October 10th 2012
Today's Agenda:
- Going down to the new office space and work on getting it ready
- Talk to web developers about when the new site will be ready
- Ask the engineering firm if they can get me some graphic renders of the board for website launch
- Customer service later this afternoon
I will be out of the office this morning, need to start working on the new office space to get it ready, the business line will be forwarding to my cell if anyone needs me or has any questions.
I will be doing customer service / answering emails when I get back this afternoon. If you dont want to wait for an email please by all means give me a call.
See you later and have a great day!
Tom
(315) 514-0269
October 10, 2012, 07:04:47 AM
Great news
October 09, 2012, 11:33:28 PM
yes process node will be revealed in this news release as well
I'm going to bed - see y'all in the morning
Tom
I'm going to bed - see y'all in the morning
Tom
SOOOO EXCITED!
October 09, 2012, 11:04:45 PM
yes process node will be revealed in this news release as well
I'm going to bed - see y'all in the morning
Tom
I'm going to bed - see y'all in the morning
Tom
October 09, 2012, 10:17:48 PM
So he's going to tell us almost everything except anything that would let us guess the power draw. 
October 09, 2012, 10:06:02 PM
Does "Size of ASIC chip on board" refer to the process node, such as 130nm or 90nm?
I do not think so. I think what Tom was saying here was the size of the chip package. ie, the dimensions of the chip on the board. 
October 09, 2012, 09:54:43 PM
Can't wait!
October 09, 2012, 09:05:33 PM
Does "Size of ASIC chip on board" refer to the process node, such as 130nm or 90nm?
October 09, 2012, 08:36:16 PM
Any day now, what a tease! I'm excited 
October 09, 2012, 08:20:24 PM
End of day...
Let me answer some questions:
(q) can we load the firmware ourselves and receive my order untested?
(a) this is a bad idea, if I were to let anyone do this - it would completely void any warranty you have with me. There's no way I can put a warranty on an item such as this that I have not tested, and there's no way I could replace it or refund your money in case of a DOA shipment. It's really not worth getting your unit maybe 1 day earlier than you would have gotten it anyways.
(q) Big News Release?
(a) as I have stated before our new website is due to launch any day now (or so the web dev guys keep telling me) when we do launch the new site I have a big news release coming that will include
* Board Dimensions for both the 54Gh/s and 27Gh/s models
* Quantity of ASIC chips on board
* Speed of each chip
* Size of ASIC chip on board
* BGA Package Type
* Cooling details
*** possibly graphic renders if the engineers can get me them in time.
The web site will be much better than our old site which we are growing out of more and more every day. I can't wait to share it with you!
Have a good night and see you in the morning
Tom
Let me answer some questions:
(q) can we load the firmware ourselves and receive my order untested?
(a) this is a bad idea, if I were to let anyone do this - it would completely void any warranty you have with me. There's no way I can put a warranty on an item such as this that I have not tested, and there's no way I could replace it or refund your money in case of a DOA shipment. It's really not worth getting your unit maybe 1 day earlier than you would have gotten it anyways.
(q) Big News Release?
(a) as I have stated before our new website is due to launch any day now (or so the web dev guys keep telling me) when we do launch the new site I have a big news release coming that will include
* Board Dimensions for both the 54Gh/s and 27Gh/s models
* Quantity of ASIC chips on board
* Speed of each chip
* Size of ASIC chip on board
* BGA Package Type
* Cooling details
*** possibly graphic renders if the engineers can get me them in time.
The web site will be much better than our old site which we are growing out of more and more every day. I can't wait to share it with you!
Have a good night and see you in the morning
Tom
October 09, 2012, 06:37:26 PM
bASIC Announcements
Other Updates / Time Frames
Inside of two weeks we will have the full schematics of the production boards completed and I will release graphic renders so you can see what they look like.
(spoiler)
They will be silk screened black this time with red lettering which will read "bASIC SHA256 Bitcoin Mining Device - BitcoinASIC.com"
And 2-3 weeks after the deisgn is completed I will have a handful of production boards made (this takes about 5 days) - with pictures on the web site and
these boards will be sent to the developers I mentioned before
Luke-JR
TheSeven
ckvolias
Kano
With a little luck this will all happen within the month of October.
Other Updates / Time Frames
Inside of two weeks we will have the full schematics of the production boards completed and I will release graphic renders so you can see what they look like.
(spoiler)
They will be silk screened black this time with red lettering which will read "bASIC SHA256 Bitcoin Mining Device - BitcoinASIC.com"
And 2-3 weeks after the deisgn is completed I will have a handful of production boards made (this takes about 5 days) - with pictures on the web site and
these boards will be sent to the developers I mentioned before
Luke-JR
TheSeven
ckvolias
Kano
With a little luck this will all happen within the month of October.
Is there a link to a site with these updates/info ??Awesomeness,BFL has competition now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So,I'm assuming CGminer will have support for your ASICS upon release,Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are the graphic renders out yet ?
October 09, 2012, 06:18:17 PM
What do you mean, Mobius?
October 09, 2012, 06:06:40 PM
That's what one of the other FPGA companies did and they took a hit at their reputation and killed sales.
October 09, 2012, 02:38:15 PM
Couldn't you let us load the firmware ourselves?
They definitely could, but that would mean they would not be able to test and verify the functionality. Anything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong, and as a customer, I'm sure you'd rather receive all units that are in functioning order.
A smoke test/burn in is the best way to go before shipment.
Exactly so. I would rather have a delay on initial order instead of risk getting defective product. Might be a different story if they'd ship before any other asic however.
October 09, 2012, 12:42:30 PM
Couldn't you let us load the firmware ourselves?
They definitely could, but that would mean they would not be able to test and verify the functionality. Anything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong, and as a customer, I'm sure you'd rather receive all units that are in functioning order.
A smoke test/burn in is the best way to go before shipment.
October 09, 2012, 12:30:21 PM
The order number is roughly twice the amount of bASIC orders at any given time, the numbers get jumped up in between actual orders all day long
This is for a number of reasons:
1) We have been selling and shipping products on this web site since May
2) People abandon and create fake orders every day
3) Credit cards get declined
4) People try to order stuff with guest accounts and don't follow through
I will run a report tomorrow morning and find out exactly how many bASIC units have been sold and let you guys know but typically it has kept pretty true with the rule that the amount of bASIC units ordered is roughly half of the order # count that you get when you place an order.
Chip or board shortage is not really an issue - the only thing that will slow things down is the fact that these have to actually be unboxed - firmware loaded - reboxed with the accessories, postage printed out and shipped.
This can be a lot of work when your talking 500+ units, this is the reason I have rented 2000 square feet of office space (pictures coming soon!) and have been recruiting people from the forum to come work for me for about a week to ten days to get the first wave of shipments out.
The pay will be reasonable and every night at quitting time the pizza and beer will be plentiful. It stands to be a pretty good time
This is for a number of reasons:
1) We have been selling and shipping products on this web site since May
2) People abandon and create fake orders every day
3) Credit cards get declined
4) People try to order stuff with guest accounts and don't follow through
I will run a report tomorrow morning and find out exactly how many bASIC units have been sold and let you guys know but typically it has kept pretty true with the rule that the amount of bASIC units ordered is roughly half of the order # count that you get when you place an order.
Chip or board shortage is not really an issue - the only thing that will slow things down is the fact that these have to actually be unboxed - firmware loaded - reboxed with the accessories, postage printed out and shipped.
This can be a lot of work when your talking 500+ units, this is the reason I have rented 2000 square feet of office space (pictures coming soon!) and have been recruiting people from the forum to come work for me for about a week to ten days to get the first wave of shipments out.
The pay will be reasonable and every night at quitting time the pizza and beer will be plentiful. It stands to be a pretty good time
Couldn't you let us load the firmware ourselves?
October 09, 2012, 10:40:38 AM
What ab out the specs?
That's supposed to be part of the big news release. October 09, 2012, 10:39:32 AM
What ab out the specs?
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