Topic: Integrated ASIC on smartphones or tablets - page 2. (Read 1007 times)
It is not logical to put miners into portable devices. Why would you want that? They consume to much power and produce too much heat and it is basically useless to carry them around when you can have them safely sitting at home..
Rumor has it that Qualcomm's 21Inc. is working on this.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/10/bitcoin-company-raises-166m-including-qualcomm-investment-report.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/10/bitcoin-company-raises-166m-including-qualcomm-investment-report.html
Have you checked the size of newest ASIC devices? What do you see there? I see huge blocks. If it was possible to build them small, then they would have built em small.
Even if it is possible, how much do you think the price will be? I answer this for you too, It will be 10x or 100x expensive and which will make whole mining thing meaningless.
tldr: not worth.
Even if it is possible, how much do you think the price will be? I answer this for you too, It will be 10x or 100x expensive and which will make whole mining thing meaningless.
tldr: not worth.
ASIC chips on a smartphone or tablet is not going to happen, I think. Imagine walking with a smartphone miner on your pocket, running at full speed will likely give you a device for cooking eggs on that, and because of the heat generated for mining, the other parts of your smartphone or table could be damaged as well. In the end, you'll have a paperweight smartphone because of mining. Not feasible I think, even if there is an embedded 10nm chip for mining on that. Temp issues is one of the reasons I see why it wouldn't be possible to create one.
Do you imagine to mine Bitcoins (or any other alt coin) using your own smartphone or tablet? This would probably be ASIC chips integrated on smartphones and tablets. I imagine myself mining with a smartphone at 200 GH/s (the hashrate is just an example) Could this be possible in the future? I'm curious to know....What are your thoughts? 
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