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hero member
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February 03, 2014, 03:14:10 PM
#21
Avalon is a bit...well, old and crusty.  Like ASICMiner's chip.  No longer competitive, even when compared to BFL's chips.

I run some Avalon stuff here (HEX16A2), but even though they were dirt cheap, they're slow.  Almost identical board using BitFury chips does more than double the hashing for no more heat or power use.

Those Avalon clone machines out of China are pretty overpriced too...I think Avalon needs a new chip, one that's much more efficient that the current designs.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1000
February 03, 2014, 03:08:35 PM
#20
From: http://avalon-asics.com/happy-chinese-new-year/...

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Until today, we have shipped 6PHash Avalon chips all over the world. Almost 85% was from the Avalon2 A3255 chip.


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[...]  we continue to increase chip production capacity [...]

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About our next chip. Here is some information. the chip codenamed A3233, it has been manufactured in factory, you will get samples at March 2014. A3233 will be several times better than A3255 on the performance and energy efficiency. In addition, our fourth-generation chip also under developing.

legendary
Activity: 1008
Merit: 1000
Making money since I was in the womb! @emc2whale
February 03, 2014, 02:58:53 PM
#19
lol, avalon was good when I got my batch 1 unit.. Now they aren't even in the running for my next purchase.
full member
Activity: 163
Merit: 100
February 03, 2014, 02:56:48 PM
#18
wow respect, that you have the balls to post here!

U scammed a lot of people, including me & friends.

I hope the bad karma pursuite you and your friend Yiufu, and you have a really bad CNY, like our last half year.
hero member
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Merit: 501
We will stand and fight.
February 03, 2014, 02:13:32 PM
#17
Nah, too expensive and not competitive enough.

Why they couldn't do standard PCIe card design with a lot of power connectors?

yeah, good idea. let me work it out.  Grin
sr. member
Activity: 272
Merit: 250
February 03, 2014, 01:11:07 PM
#16
Nah, too expensive and not competitive enough.

Why they couldn't do standard PCIe card design with a lot of power connectors?
full member
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Merit: 100
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February 03, 2014, 12:56:03 PM
#15
Avalon is dead to me, it should be dead to you as well.
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February 03, 2014, 06:01:48 AM
#14
Admittedly, I really like the design of this.  However, the pricing, power usage, and manufacturer prevents me from taking it seriously.
I agree, the minute I saw the photos I wanted it, but after that I saw the price and didn't care about it anymore.
legendary
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February 03, 2014, 02:31:43 AM
#13
that is so 2013...
legendary
Activity: 1848
Merit: 1001
February 03, 2014, 01:31:13 AM
#12
Admittedly, I really like the design of this.  However, the pricing, power usage, and manufacturer prevents me from taking it seriously.

+ all the internets!

i think them dogs actually meant 50BTC but mistyped it as 5.

they ONLY cater to the uncertain/misinformed just like any other scammers!!
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1000
February 03, 2014, 01:27:43 AM
#11
Who wouldn't want to pay a premium to do business with the oh so honorable ngzhang and Yifu?

Go fuck yourselves guys.  I hope the chinese government raids your mine that you stole from batch 2 buyers and destroys every private key you hold.

Any thoughts/knowledge on ngzhangs association with gridchip?
sr. member
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Merit: 250
BitcoinEvo [$XBTE]
February 02, 2014, 10:35:10 PM
#10
Are those old chips ?  Cheesy where is 28nm  Grin Grin
legendary
Activity: 2702
Merit: 1468
February 02, 2014, 10:32:08 PM
#9
Who wouldn't want to pay a premium to do business with the oh so honorable ngzhang and Yifu?

Go fuck yourselves guys.  I hope the chinese government raids your mine that you stole from batch 2 buyers and destroys every private key you hold.

+1M

Nobody should be buying from these pricks.
sr. member
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Dock.io
February 02, 2014, 10:27:12 PM
#8
+1
hero member
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February 02, 2014, 09:25:49 PM
#7
Pass.
hero member
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February 02, 2014, 09:20:16 PM
#6
Who wouldn't want to pay a premium to do business with the oh so honorable ngzhang and Yifu?

Go fuck yourselves guys.  I hope the chinese government raids your mine that you stole from batch 2 buyers and destroys every private key you hold.
sr. member
Activity: 546
Merit: 255
February 02, 2014, 09:06:56 PM
#5
Yeah that seems a bit expensive.
staff
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Merit: 8808
February 02, 2014, 08:56:21 PM
#4
I think they must have meant the price was 0.5 BTC. That would actually be competitive and interesting, otherwise an antminer is a lot less costly— more than enough to ignore the form-factor an included power supply differences, especially considering the power usage. Maybe it could find a use filling in some space in colos with fixed-per-rack power costs.

Under an assumed growth of 2%/day a 315GH/s device delivered Feb-15th will only mine 2.54 BTC in its life. That kind of growth can't be sustained, but it could certainly be sustained long enough to make something drawing 3.2W/GH worthless.
legendary
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February 02, 2014, 08:50:21 PM
#3
There seem to be a lot of typos in the price fields.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1000
February 02, 2014, 08:41:39 PM
#2
Admittedly, I really like the design of this.  However, the pricing, power usage, and manufacturer prevents me from taking it seriously.
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