KnCMiner Unveils Plans for Solar ASIC Chips
KnCMiner, a company, based in Sweden, has unveiled their new line of Solar chips which will have a 16 nm process. Currently, most updated chips run on a 20 nm process. 20 nm process chips can achieve the efficiency of .7 W per Gh/s. 16 nm chips are believed to improve the efficiency of mining tenfold, resulting in an efficiency of .07 W per Gh/s. With these specifications, a 1.4 KW miner that could be powered by a standard home outlet could mine at 20 Th/s. KnCMiner’s new chips are planned for launch in Q1 of 2015. With rapid improvements in ASICs, Bitcoin miners will need to continually....
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Cryptocurrency mining hardware designer KnCMiner is planning to deploy its next generation bitcoin ASICs in early 2015. The Swedish company announced that its upcoming Solar ASIC will be manufactured on the new 16nm FinFET node, allowing for significant performance and efficiency gains. In a statement, the company said that it would be relying on solutions developed by its engineering team, noting: "The 16nm process represents a step change in processing capability as we're using several proprietary techniques developed in-house to reach speeds an order of magnitude above today's levels."....
Swedish cryptocurrency mining hardware developer KnCMiner has announced that it has received the first batch of Neptune ASICs, which are the world's first 20nm mining ASIC designs. The company said in a 17th June blog post that this initial batch is currently undergoing testing and optimization. The first products based on the new chips are expected to ship this week, it added. KnCMiner also announced that its preliminary estimates on hashing output and power consumption were accurate, stating: "We've reached our initial targets on speed and power consumption. But, as this is the first day....
Swedish mining hardware firm KnCMiner is deploying a new bitcoin ASIC it says will be a "game changer" for the industry. First announced last November, the 16nm Solar is six times faster than the company's previous 28nm design. Unlike conventional 'flat' chips, its components are stacked three-dimensionally to increase efficiency and processing speed. Sam Cole, KnCMiner's CEO, said in a statement: "We've produced four consecutive all-new chip designs in only two years, exceeding even Moore's Law and we see no signs of this development slowing down going forward." KnCMiner, which raised a....
KnCMiner has announced that production of its Titan line of scrypt miners has moved into a new phase. The cryptocurrency mining hardware maker broke the news on its official blog, indicating that the Titan ASIC chips are now in the wafer encapsulation phase. During this process, a protective layer is applied to electronic components to safeguard the parts from damage caused by temperature and humidity changes. The update comes nearly two months after KnCMiner said that the tape-out for the Titan had begun. At the time, the company noted that it expected to complete production on the....
KnCMiner will today announce Neptune, its next-generation product: an ASIC bitcoin miner using 20nm chips that will provide at least 3TH of power. The new boxes, which will ship "end of winter/early spring", according to co-founder Sam Cole, will offer 0.7 watts per GH/sec. That represents a 30% power saving on its current generation of 28nm chips, he said. KnCMiner's marketing model is conservative. It publishes nominal specifications for its devices ahead of time, with the caveat that these will probably be at the low end, and that real-world performance will be higher. It promised....