Topic: [OPEN] Black Arrow Minion 28nm DIY Chip Distribution 190/300 (Read 5259 times)

I will be going thru this and posting updates here in the next few days, thanks for the patience guys.

Any updates Bob? Else I'd rather get some Prospero X1 from minersource.

I would like to reserve two... let me know when I need to pay.

Hey bobsag3...  at what point are we sending you money?  Initially we were supposed to send you a deposit, and pay you mid January.  Deposit seems to have been waived, and mid January has come and gone.  I believe group 1 chips are still scheduled for may-ish.  I want to make sure I have my BTC purchased ahead of time.

Configuration will depend on their performance, but I had plans to put together a system using them.  Waiting for more info in general; a lot of other chips are active right now.

BUMP

Two weeks since this thread had any activity... would like to know who has plans in the works already for these chips?

Very interested really hoping to get an idea on board availability as well.

I was concerned about payment too, so I emailed Matt.

Now I see the post above... OMG Matt way to place some confidence behind this by paying for the batch yourself.

When Jan comes, my BTC is ready so all I need now is to find who is going to go for a multi chip board? Seems it would be a bit too expensive to do single chip boards... not liking the idea of shelling out a possible $2K for boards  just to get 8 chips mining... on top of chip cost.

Ah, ok.  You had mentioned a 20% down in the OP, so many of us were still waiting to pay to reserve our spot.

edit:  will there be any sample chips for design verification, or are we blind until this first production run?  no worries eitehr way; just want to adjust timelines, and design the first board accordingly.

Wont be needed payment for the chips till jan, I already paid for them myself.

I was just checking.  As mentioned by goodney, I hadn't received any payment details information yet.  Didn't want to fall through the cracks. :-)

Yup, still have plenty of chips.

Is this still alive at all?

Couple of questions:

Bobsag3: are you collecting down payments yet? Your e-mail confirmation to me didn't include any information on how to do that.

Also, has anyone seen a datasheet with pin-outs? I have some time over the next few weeks that I'd like to use to layout a board for this chip.

thanks!

Hi, I have the order #679 (Minersource) and still waiting for the details to pay.  I didnt get any response from [email protected]

    Order #679

    Order Date: 2nd Dec 2013

    This order is marked as Awaiting Payment

    Here's how to pay for your order:
    Please Email [email protected] to arrange manual BTC payment.

Depends vastly on the design, parts and quantity.

If someone were to guess... how much would a board and mounting cost for a chip? 250 dollars? I am trying to cost compare buying a X-1 vs a raw chip and then having it mounted into something.

Original post says to email requesting that you would like to purchase them.

Purchase the x1's from www.minersource.net if you don't want to purchase in a quantity of 10 from BA.

I might want to order one... any idea on the ETA of the first boards?

Oh and I was wondering if the prospero x-1 is aimed at consumers why can I only order 10?

Thanks for your time

I encountered the same thing. Also, if we order just the ASIC for now, but later decide to use the board assembly service, how will that be handled.

Thanks for running this, looks interesting.

I can't speak for the other designers, but I was likely going to target a single chip design for the first round. 

hopefully 1 chip per board, since they are 100gh chips

Very interested  

How many chips are the not yet designed boards going to need,2 or 4 or 6 or 8 or 16,I'd hate to not get enough to fill a few boards.

Should we have received a confirmation email, or are those still going out?

Went to the link in your signature, says I have to order 16

Where do we order from where we can just order a few?

No minimum order, feel free to order 1 if you like

Can you confirm that the minimum order is 20?

emailed! I'm going to work on a board for this too.

Bobsag3, can I get a confirmation that you received my reservation?

thanks!

-a[g

I'm working on it as well.  :-)  There will be no shortage of Minion boards, I'm sure.

Lovely! I'd be interested in a few for sure

Working on it

Would be good if there's US based team vouching that they are doing it atm.

Not yet that I'm aware of, but there are a number of teams working on them at the moment.  Some of these chips will likely go towards vetting their designs.

Is there any board available, anywhere?

You know we Vespula want some to populate our hives.

Email sent.

Reserved.

Afternoon Gents, today I am happy to be able to provide the first DIY chip distribution for the Black Arrow Minion 28nm Chip.

http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/store/minion.html

Preliminary specifications:
Node process: 28nm High Performance Process
Package: High Performance Flip Chip BGA
Clock: 1.5 Ghz / 1.8 GHz / 2 Ghz (SS / TT / FF)
Voltage: 0.85V
Cores: 64 fully unrolled cores
Efficiency (including leakage): less than 0.5 W/Ghash/second (at 1.56Ghz)

Preliminary Data Sheet:
http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com/store/preliminary-minion-datasheet.html


I am Black Arrow's US based reseller, and am happy to provide this service to the community.
I have reserved and paid for the first 300 available bare chips, and have the ability to purchase as many as required/wanted.

Pricing
I will be offering the limited batch of 300 at the $199 Nominal Price/chip [Will be adjusted to match BA pricing] + 5% Handling Fee, and shipping to wherever you need it (UPS Express/Express International Included). Additional chips for production orders and or group buys can be arranged through me as well.

Shipping
I will be receiving these chips at the soonest possible date IE as soon as they are available to Black Arrow, + 2 days shipping from them to me.
The current Ship Date is Feb 24th.

Availability
I have 300 chips available immediately, with the ability to order more at any time. Chips will be distributed in the order of the down payment being received.

Chips will be available for as long as possible, plenty of notification will be given when amounts are running low.

How to order
Since the number of potential buyers is limited, the orders will be processed manually as follows:
1) Place your buy order via email [mininghosting@ gmail ]
2)I will send you payment instructions for a 20% Down payment, refundable up till Jan 15th, or If I fail to deliver
3) Remainder must be paid by the time chips ship.


12/2/13 5PM CST: All email orders have been confirmed and recorded.