CoinTerra and HashFast flesh out ASIC miner product lines
ASIC mining firms CoinTerra and HashFast have updated their product offerings as they jockey for position in the 28 nm hardware space. CoinTerra announced a new entry-level unit and slashed the price on its flagship ASIC miner whilst HashFast announced a higher-performance unit to complement its smaller device. CoinTerra's new 1 TH/s TerraMiner II, based on the same GoldStrike1 chip as its 2 TH/sec TerraMiner IV, will sell for $3,499. January batches of the firm's TerraMiner IV have been priced at $5,999 for January delivery to customers. At the end of last month, CoinTerra had already cut....
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The mining company, CoinTerra, announced a reduced pricing opportunity for their second batch of specialized ASIC mining equipment. CoinTerra will price the new TerraMiner II at $3499 and the TerraMiner IV set to be released in January 2014 at $5999. The TerraMiner II will serve as an entry-level Bitcoin mining solution. The TerraMinter IV serves as the first miner to break the $3 per Gigahash Barrier. CoinTerra issued the following release: CoinTerra Introduces Two Low-Cost Bitcoin ASIC Mining Solutions. New TerraMiner II for $3499 and Reduced Price of $5999 for TerraMiner IV in January....
CoinTerra has announced the AIRE Miner, the company's first bitcoin miner based on 16nm silicon. The Texas-based mining hardware maker said the AIRE will deliver a substantial increase in efficiency and performance when it ships in the first quarter of 2015, as the chip will be one of the first commercial products based on 16nm technology. CoinTerra CTO Timo Hanke framed the offering as one that would benefit the wider consumer market, saying: "With exceptional hashing performance and power efficiency, we are ready to put the power of high performance bitcoin mining back into the hands of....
Bitmain, which specializes in custom mining chips and miners, has come under increased scrutiny due to the Chinese firm’s control over the production of so much bitcoin hardware and hashing power. Some bitcoin participants are beginning to fear a negative outcome for bitcoin with so few producers of the digital currency’s mining hardware. In 2013,....
On June 7th, a US bankruptcy court granted HashFast a court ruling allowing it to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy. HashFast had previously been faced with legal action and increasingly valid comparisons to fellow Bitcoin mining ASIC manufacturer Butterfly Labs (BFL). Just 3 months ago, I was standing at HashFast's booth at the Texas Bitcoin Conference looking at a hashing machine, an honor many paying customers seem to have been denied. Things change in an expedited manner when it comes to the world of Bitcoin. In May, HashFast announced that it would "refocus" while letting nonessential (50%....
CoinTerra has announced that its new GoldStrike I ASIC chip has taped out, with the chip's first production run scheduled for 17th December. The bumpout date is set for 21st December, and the company has already started manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs), cases and other components of the new ASIC rig. The GoldStrike I ASIC is clocked at 1.4GHz, and capable of churning out 500GH/S. TerraMiner components. Each TerraMiner unit features four GoldStrike I chips and is capable of yielding 2TH/s per miner. Each chip runs at 0.765 volts and it is manufactured using Globalfoundries' 28nm....