I made my 2nd trip to Terrahash yesterday afternoon (Thursday July 18th) at 4pm. Amir and Ricky were expecting me and we had a good meeting. Though Amir made vidoes of the board hashing last week, I decided to make a quick video while I was there for confirmation that it is presently happily hashing away. I'm including a link to the video below. I recorded the board's performance on BTCGuild and CGminer as it was hashing. We spoke about Zurg's order issue (1213 & 1336) and I believe we made some headway. We also discussed the progress of orders for general components and cases. The components and cases will be in stock and ready for assembly. There were no cases on-site for me to take pictures of. The DX Large case is at the fabrication company. Amir said that the DX Mini case is expected to be ready next week. He will post pictures of both cases when they are back at the office. He noted that the Avalon chips look to be all shipping at once, and I agreed that it seems to be the case. They allowed m to take pictures of the 3 Avalon bulk chip purchase invoices which total to 40K chips. I've included a link to the pictures below. We talked for a moment about pre-orders for "assembly only" boards. As he stated in the blog, once chips arrive, they will dedicate 50% of their assembly time to orders where they supply the chips and 50% to assembly only orders. With the speed of their assembly operation they will be able to complete our boards in 2 weeks after chips arrive as promised. After orders are fulfilled, they will set a date to begin taking orders from the public again. I confirmed that all boards will come with one I2C cable. Full cases will have everything needed to run the miner (if you selected to add a PSU). For those of us who did not buy a case, we will need to purchase a PSU (of course), PCIe splitters (If you're running more than 4 boards), and a USB A to Mini B cable. It was a good meeting and I am happy with how everything is coming together. The guys are working hard and doing a great job.
Visit #2 Main Topics Covered:
1. The K16 is hashing well and is still being optimized.
2. Components and cases are on schedule for projected assembly dates.
3. 40,000 chips on order have been confirmed. Orders dates/quantities are as follows: May 10th (10k), May 18th (10k), June 20th (20k)
4. Assembly will be split evenly between full board orders (chips provided by TH), and assembly only boards. All are scheduled to be completed within two weeks from arrival of chips.
5. All boards will come with (1) I2C cable.
6. Non case purchasers will have to purchase a PSU capable of powering all of your cards (with a little overhead left.. my preference), PCIe splitters (for more than 4 card miners), and a "USB A to Mini B" cable to connect the host board to your PC or Raspi.
Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_HiyqyUQ8
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Pictures of the invoices:
http://s1334.photobucket.com/user/knightlife999/library/
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We are moving forward and everything is going well. I hope this helps. Have a great day guys! I'm going to get some sleep.
