[UPDATE] BFL ASIC Status (May 23 2013)

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Quote from: erk on May 23, 2013, 03:43:42 PM

Quote from: Bogart on May 23, 2013, 12:41:15 PM

Quote from: Xian01 on May 23, 2013, 11:23:38 AM

Quote from: iammagicmike on May 23, 2013, 11:16:02 AM

Josh promised to donate a quarter to the victims' families...next week.

*mumbles something about a promise of donating 1000 BTC to charity*

There's also the matter of Josh's other 1,000 BTC wager regarding power targets, which AFAIK he has not paid:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-bfl-asic-1000-btc-bet-that-looks-like-inaba-lost-191600
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1454547

It has been settled and what's it got to do with the OP?

AFAIK:
Josh said the power bet was settled, but we never had confirmation (like a bitcoin transaction, or the recipient confirming).
BFL said they had not yet determined if/when they were going to donate to charity.

If you have evidence to the contrary, please link to it.

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Most sane people would go weary of even opening a BFL related thread any more... but I don't know any sane people.

The content of the 'update' does not much matter to me (been waiting since September) but what I do get a kick out of is the hit parade of jadedness that flocks to these types of posts. From people wondering if now would be a good time to order, to people who have been screwed properly by BFL, to just good ol fashioned nay-saying.

What a good day to be a nerd.

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Quote from: erk on May 23, 2013, 03:43:42 PM

It has been settled and what's it got to do with the OP?

This is the part where we ask you about "proof". It speaks entirely to the character (or lack thereof) of Butterfly Labs.

erk

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Quote from: Bogart on May 23, 2013, 12:41:15 PM

Quote from: Xian01 on May 23, 2013, 11:23:38 AM

Quote from: iammagicmike on May 23, 2013, 11:16:02 AM

Josh promised to donate a quarter to the victims' families...next week.

*mumbles something about a promise of donating 1000 BTC to charity*

There's also the matter of Josh's other 1,000 BTC wager regarding power targets, which AFAIK he has not paid:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-bfl-asic-1000-btc-bet-that-looks-like-inaba-lost-191600
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1454547

It has been settled and what's it got to do with the OP?

mgio

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How many chips are on a wafer?

How many orders do you think they can ship with the 68 wafers that are coming?

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Quote from: yeemartin on May 23, 2013, 01:26:43 PM

fxxx, where is avalon #3?

They outsourced production to BFL

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fxxx, where is avalon #3?

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Quote from: Xian01 on May 23, 2013, 11:23:38 AM

Quote from: iammagicmike on May 23, 2013, 11:16:02 AM

Josh promised to donate a quarter to the victims' families...next week.

*mumbles something about a promise of donating 1000 BTC to charity*

There's also the matter of Josh's other 1,000 BTC wager regarding power targets, which AFAIK he has not paid:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-bfl-asic-1000-btc-bet-that-looks-like-inaba-lost-191600
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1454547

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Cool ! I'm gonna order 2 Jalepenos right now !!

/sarc off

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Quote from: iammagicmike on May 23, 2013, 11:16:02 AM

Josh promised to donate a quarter to the victims' families...next week.

*mumbles something about a promise of donating 1000 BTC to charity*

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 23, 2013, 03:19:27 AM

I sure hope BFL allowed time in that tight schedule for FCC and URL inspections.

FYI: Every dorm room in America requires ALL electrical appliances to be URL approved. Reason? Fires. Fires caused by electrical equipment built by redneck cowboys.

Imagine the Headline: 22 Students Killed When Bitcoin Miner Burned Down Dorm

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Acme News caught up with the frail looking COO, Josh Zerlan. When asked for a comment, he replied, "The cocksuckers weren't suppose to turn it on!" Then he gave each of us a quarter.

...

The names of the deceased are...

Josh promised to donate a quarter to the victims' families...next week.

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Mine Silent, Mine Deep

Sounds like a horde of locusts will descent upon us soon.

Or crickets... Hard to tell the difference with BFL these days.

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Quote from: Nemesis on May 23, 2013, 10:37:33 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 23, 2013, 03:19:27 AM

I sure hope BFL allowed time in that tight schedule for FCC and URL inspections.

FYI: Every dorm room in America requires ALL electrical appliances to be URL approved. Reason? Fires. Fires caused by electrical equipment built by redneck cowboys.

Imagine the Headline: 22 Students Killed When Bitcoin Miner Burned Down Dorm

Quote

...

Acme News caught up with the frail looking COO, Josh Zerlan. When asked for a comment, he replied, "The cocksuckers weren't suppose to turn it on!" Then he gave each of us a quarter.

...

The names of the deceased are...

you sir, is a dumbass.

If you want to troll, at lease put some effort and google the fck you're about to post.

No wonder you will die alone , old man

BFL Threads escalate quickly.

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 23, 2013, 03:19:27 AM

I sure hope BFL allowed time in that tight schedule for FCC and URL inspections.

FYI: Every dorm room in America requires ALL electrical appliances to be URL approved. Reason? Fires. Fires caused by electrical equipment built by redneck cowboys.

Imagine the Headline: 22 Students Killed When Bitcoin Miner Burned Down Dorm

Quote

...

Acme News caught up with the frail looking COO, Josh Zerlan. When asked for a comment, he replied, "The cocksuckers weren't suppose to turn it on!" Then he gave each of us a quarter.

...

The names of the deceased are...

you sir, is a dumbass.

If you want to troll, at lease put some effort and google the fck you're about to post.

No wonder you will die alone , old man

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Quote from: Carleton on May 23, 2013, 09:51:06 AM

come on guys, be fair to the hard working fellows at BSL...

Mr. Josh only said All Product Line, but didn't say how many units per.

He'd totally come clean if BSL manages to send 5 Jalapeno, 5 Little Single, 5 Single, and would fufil their prophecy.

Have faith, and in Josh trust

To give you just a tiny little bit of background (since you haven't read these boards). They were going receive thousands of chips in December. It was all systems go and they were *almost* ready to ship back then. Same thing in February. Josh was going to see the wafers and then take them to the packaging. That time for certain there were going to be thousands of chips and they would ship soon!

Most people who have been here a while just ignore BFL shipping "dates". They will ship if they ship, at some rate to be determined in the future.

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 23, 2013, 03:19:27 AM

I sure hope BFL allowed time in that tight schedule for FCC and URL inspections.

FYI: Every dorm room in America requires ALL electrical appliances to be URL approved. Reason? Fires. Fires caused by electrical equipment built by redneck cowboys.

Imagine the Headline: 22 Students Killed When Bitcoin Miner Burned Down Dorm

Quote

...

Acme News caught up with the frail looking COO, Josh Zerlan. When asked for a comment, he replied, "The cocksuckers weren't suppose to turn it on!" Then he gave each of us a quarter.

...

The names of the deceased are...

I don't think that Uniform Resource Location has anything to do with fire safety Cheesy

I assume you meant Underwriter's Laboratory (UL).

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come on guys, be fair to the hard working fellows at BSL...

Mr. Josh only said All Product Line, but didn't say how many units per.

He'd totally come clean if BSL manages to send 5 Jalapeno, 5 Little Single, 5 Single, and would fufil their prophecy.

Have faith, and in Josh trust

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Quote from: Syke on May 23, 2013, 08:27:06 AM

Quote from: Frizz23 on May 23, 2013, 02:42:34 AM

Quote from: BFL Josh

Our chips consume about 3 - 3.5w per GH/s at the chip level, ...

The devices use 6 Watt per GH/s (according to kano).

For a 50GH/s units that's 300 Watt. 150 Watt for the chips (according to Joshs numbers) and 150 Watt for "the rest" of the circuitry.

So the new minirig at 500 GH/s would draw 3000 watts. That will require a 40A/110V circuit!

I'm pretty sure the new minirigs are going to require 220V at this point to power them. But to be honest I kinda figured all along that the minirigs wouldn't even ship until months after the Singles did, given how much trouble they had shipping the FPGA version of the minirig.

Speaking of which, that FPGA minirig was probably the best investment of all since someone mining with that since the middle of last year would have had ample time to make a ridiculous amount of money with just one unit.

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Christian Antkow

Fires early, unhappy, and vocal customer, announces full production following week.

*Checks cupboard to ensure popcorn stocks are at a plentiful level*

This I just gotta see.

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Quote from: Frizz23 on May 23, 2013, 02:42:34 AM

Quote from: BFL Josh

Our chips consume about 3 - 3.5w per GH/s at the chip level, ...

The devices use 6 Watt per GH/s (according to kano).

For a 50GH/s units that's 300 Watt. 150 Watt for the chips (according to Joshs numbers) and 150 Watt for "the rest" of the circuitry.

So the new minirig at 500 GH/s would draw 3000 watts. That will require a 40A/110V circuit!

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