I'm just going to put this out there, but I got a gut feeling that if Hashfast deliver in December, and its looking like they will, depending on how "substantial" it is then KnC may do another batch of Jupiters. 
Their policy was not to produce any more batches in December 2013, January 2014 or February 2014 unless any of their competitors add large amounts of hashing power to the network during the same period.
Hopefully, if they do, they will be comparable in price to their competition i.e. <$4K
Their policy was not to produce any more batches in December 2013, January 2014 or February 2014 unless any of their competitors add large amounts of hashing power to the network during the same period.
Hopefully, if they do, they will be comparable in price to their competition i.e. <$4K
I believe KNC is geared-up already and just waiting for the competition to release.
But... and here's the kicker... KNC will be shipping only Jupiters (no Saturns)from stock or with a very short build time. Remember, no one else will be shipping orders made today until March/April at the soonest. Therefore KNC will be pricing accordingly, easily double your $4000 guesstimate.
Bitfury did the same thing. 30GH/s boards were $500 two months ago but are now $1000 each.
Hash power today is worth MUCH more than hash power in 3 or 4 months. And no, the cost to produce a product has no bearing on its price as long as there is a demand for that item.
Not sure really depends, Bitfury had zero competition (KnC had stopped shipping), they also had a LOT of people with semi populated rigs who need those extra blades.
By the time KnC does a January or February batch HF will have been in full swing with 500Gh/s BJ's at $2250 and there is a likelyhood that Cointerra & Blackarrow will be shipping and selling their $6K 2TH miners.
Of course its all dependent on "if" they ship.
