To start off with I am happy to announce that
dzarmush is the winner of the logo design contest. His entry can be found
here. For that he wins FREE entry to the collective and one FREE share valued at $350 all up.
IntroductionThe WASP miner collective (WPC) is working on designing open source hardware that can be used to run multiple different asic chips off the same device. The wasp collective strive to provide high quality design that can be adapted to any asic chip that comes out. We aim to provide a great service and a great product for the community.
The Wasp Project is an open membership collective and we are committed to Open Source Hardware and Software and we are very interested in working with chip fabricators, diy'ers / hobbyists as well as miners looking to upgrade their "ageing" and "inefficient" systems.
What are wasps and hivesThe Hives (Mother Planes)* On board USB hub with a port for each blade. Upstream port connects to linux board or box. At least one extra port for potential billboard display or local display & cooling-controller.
* On board 24-pin and 6/8 pin connectors for PC power supply (650-750W) provides 3.3, 5, and 12 V.
* Last blade connector can accept a server power supply (12V only) for higher power operation, not needed when system is tuned for low-power consumption, or when it has fewer than a full load of blades.
* 8 available connection points for the Wasps.
* Any Wasp no matter the type of the chip will work with the Hives.
* All blades driven through USB hub.
* Stand-alone hive is just a small card with sockets for power and USB.
* Hot swap.
* Linux embedded system to run cgminer/bfgminer bolts right down onto big mobo.
The Wasps (Blades)
* Wasps can slot into mother plane.
* Wasps can stand alone and be stacked FPGA style.
* Wasps are made to fit the Hive form factor.
* Wasps can be independently powered and controlled without mother plane.
Currently being worked onThe Hives (Mother Planes)- On board USB hub with a port for each blade. Upstream port connects to linux board or box. At least one extra port for potential billboard display or local display & cooling-controller.
- On board 24-pin and 6/8 pin connectors for PC power supply (650-750W) provides 3.3, 5, and 12 V.
- Last blade connector can accept a server power supply (12V only) for higher power operation, not needed when system is tuned for low-power consumption, or when it has fewer than a full load of blades.
- 8 available connection points for the Wasps.
- Any Wasp no matter the type of the chip will work with the Hives.
- All blades driven through USB hub.
- Stand-alone hive is just a small card with sockets for power and USB.
- Hot swap will be added in 2nd or 3rd iteration of the hive.
- Linux embedded system to run cgminer/bfgminer bolts right down onto big mobo.
The Wasps (Blades)- Wasps can slot into mother plane.
- Wasps can stand alone and be stacked FPGA style.
- Wasps are made to fit the mother plane form factor.
- Wasps can be independently powered and controlled without mother plane.
- +55nm Prototypes
55nm PrototypesAvalon V2 Wasp (LIVE)(55nm)
- Avalon Gen 2 Chips Available
- up to 1.6 GH/s per chip
- Bitfury wasp board should require little re-engineering for this
BitFury Wasp (LIVE)(55nm)
- BitFury Chips Available end of December
- 40 Gh/s (16 chips)
28nm ProductionA1 Wasp. (LIVE)- Bitmine A1 Chips Available December
- 240 Gh/s Overclocked (6 chips); more likely, with untested chips, 200 GH/s per board
- Nominal total 2000 Gh/s, or almost 2 full backplanes (assuming that all chips are fully working AND overclockable to 40GH - not really likely, but our software can get the most possible out of them).
- Nominal likely total hashing from 50 chips (and this is all that Bitmine guarantees) is 48 x 25 = 1.2 TH on 12 boards
- Best case: 0.0180625 BTC Gh/s, or about $3 USD GH/s
- Likely case: 0.0301 BTC/GH/s, or about $5 USD GH/s
Minion Wasp. (LIVE)- Black Arrow Minion Chips Available February
- 520 Gh/s Standard (4 chips)
- Total 2080 Gh/s
What can be expected for wasp blades?BitFury Wasp Prototype
+ 16 to 24 chips for 300 gh/s to 440 gh/s depending on the configuration.
+ 4U Server configuration
+ Design for the power on the Wasp currently being down so 3d renders for the prototype are a week away.
+ By December the prototype testing video should be out.
+ By December the prototypes shipped to a datacenter for longer term testing and troubleshooting.
+ The DIY & Licenced Production could start as early as January for these units should there be a market for them.
Avalon Gen I Wasp Prototype
+ 16 to 24 chips for 50 gh/s to 75 gh/s depending on the configuration. (Gen II chips would be higher)
+ 4U Server configuration.
+ Design for the power on the Wasp currently being down so 3d renders for the prototype are a week away.
+ By December the prototype testing video should be out.
+ By December the prototypes shipped to a datacenter for longer term testing and troubleshooting.
+ The DIY & Licenced Production could start as early as January for these units should there be a market for them.
A1 Wasp Prototype
+ A1 designs will be applied to the BitFury Wasp design and should take less than a week.
+ 4U Server configuration
+ Design for the power on the Wasp currently being down so 3d renders for the prototype would occur in late December.
+ By Late December the prototype testing video should be out.
+ By Late December or Early January the prototypes shipped to a datacenter for longer term testing and troubleshooting.
+ The DIY & Licenced Production could start as early as January for these units.
Minion Wasp Prototype
+ Minion designs will be applied to the lessons learned from the A1 Wasp design and should take less than a week.
+ 4U Server configuration
+ Design for the power on the Wasp currently being down so 3d renders for the prototype would occur in January or earlier.
+ By Late February the prototype testing video should be out.
+ By Late February or Early March the prototypes shipped to a datacenter for longer term testing and troubleshooting.
+ The DIY & Licenced Production could start as early as Late February or Early March for these units.
Want to chat with us to learn more multiple members can be reached at #WPC-public on freenode. You can also pm me or bicknellski here on the forum.
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HEREThreads relating to WPC designs and information.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/open-source-hardware-project-hive-wasp-prototype-development-325181https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-wasp-28nm-asic-miner-open-hardware-development-project-299255https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-wasp-project-collective-btcltc-usb-miner-project-development-thread-368956https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-wasp-modularer-hive-wasp-miner-28nm-asic-project-open-source-352956*More information will come soon when I update this post*The thread is self moderated to remove placement post's and random un needed junk. Feel free to post your view I won't delete it.
Photos and more information soon.