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HashFast Open Sources Bitcoin ASIC Interface Protocol

Today HashFast announced they are open sourcing the interface protocol used for controlling their bitcoin mining ASICs. Open sourcing this design gives significant insight into how their bitcoin miners operate and provides a platform for driver developers. More users collaborating in driver development should allow for a more diverse set of options, and a better experience for HashFast customers. In July HashFast announced a partnership with Uniquify to design the 400 GH/s “Golden Nonce” ASIC, and on September 5 they announced tapeout of their chips with Taiwan Semiconductor. In order to prepare driver developers for the ASICs mid-November arrival, HashFast …

Oct 29, 2013 Posted by Phillip Archer In Featured, Mining Tagged ASIC, block, KNC, protocol, Protocol Interface Guide Comments 3

eASIC Announces 24 TH/s Fast-Hash Miner, ActiveMining Shares Move 70%

Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. The full-blown bitcoin mining arms race continues, as the eASIC/ActiveMining partnership announced more details on their ASIC bitcoin miner line that tops out at 24 TH/s. ActiveMining is a publicly traded bitcoin mining company who has partnered with eASIC to develop a 28nm application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip. ActiveMining is the parent company of Virtual Mining Corp (VMC), which is the business entity selling mining products to consumers. To design and manufacture the chips they teamed up with eASIC, a semiconductor company that’s …

Sep 6, 2013 Posted by Phillip Archer In Mining, News, Trading Tagged ASIC, Bitcoin Mining Dashboard, GH, KNC, TH, Virtual Mining Corp, VMC Comments 14

Cointerra Announces 2 TH/s ASIC Bitcoin Miner

Considering a bitcoin mining hardware purchase? Make a more informed decision with our Bitcoin Mining Dashboard. Today, Cointerra announced the TerraMiner IV: a 2 TH/s ASIC bitcoin miner retailing for $15,750, with a forecast shipping date in December. Cointerra is lead by Ravi Iyengar, who previously worked as lead CPU architect for Samsung, according to Cointerra’s website. The 2 TH/s miner will be powered by 4x28nm ASIC chips running at 500 GH/s each. Application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) are specialized chips that perform bitcoin mining calculations. ASIC nodes are measured in nanometers (nm) and smaller nodes allow for faster and more …

Aug 18, 2013 Posted by Jeff Schvey In Mining, News Tagged ASIC, Avalon, BFL, KNC, TH Comments 10