Sfards Shares Chip Test Results, Will Open Source Design
Sfards recently announced the completion of tape out and now are announcing their testing results. The results look good being that the chip is 28nm and processes both SHA-256 and Scrypt algorithms. Formed from Gridseed and WiiBox, Sfards has the dual miner experience from Gridseed as a base with the controller tech of WiiBox. Depending on the density of each unit they could do very well. Released specs from their testing have revealed some decent performance. Completely New Technology, Optimum Power Efficiency SFARDS’ SF3301 fully utilizes the advantages of the FD-SOI technology. This....
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Sfards Website. A new company by the name of Sfards has slowly been making it's rounds in the community as a new mining ASIC manufacturer. The company was formed by joining three companies together, Diginforce, WiiBox, and Gridseed. Despite their name sounding like smelly farts, Sfards states that, "The word 'Sfard' is derived from Latin, and is the self-given name of the ethnic group thought to be the very first users of the coin." Also read: 5.2 mh/s Scrypt Miner Review - Gridseed Blade. Sfards ASIC Manufacturer. With so many scam companies lately, it's nice to hear some good news about....
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