Bitmaintech has no reason to change to new gear until some one has better gear.
So if some One really starts to sell .15 watt or .20 watt gear bitmaintech will bust out a .10 watt item
Til then stand in line for the s-7's
I disagree as this is a race in mining.
It'll be too late till someone starts to sell, BMT would wanna sell ahead, there's no reason for them to bust out a newer tech later on. if they do that, it will too late.
If I were BMT, I'd love to sell as much as possible in the shortest amount of time especially before halving.
SP is coming with SP50
LK is coming with B-Eleven
Bitfury is coming soon too
& the lists goes on.
Ever wonder why the S7's price has been dropping last couple of days same goes to the Jan B9 bulk buy.
TBH i foresee a new launch from BMT themselves & competitor which is around mid of 1st quarter of 2016.
16nm race is on.
Only thing is a lot of those coming soon we have seen no working prototype (that I know of). It seems some companies announced very early, and they are slow to come out with products.
I think Bitmain will keep current as long as possible. The more chips/miners they pump out and can sell the higher profit (most likely) they are able to reach. They are good that they seem to always sell to home customers/hobby customers, which some companies have no interest in selling to. I see a lot of the first miners no matter which one being internal or big bulk customers, then going to smaller customers (and some stop at bulk).
I think it is a race to a point. But there has to be a company that sells to home/hobby customers that has a new chip to really push them. If a company has a chip that is better, and does not sell to smaller miners it does not really push bitmain smaller sales.