Butterfly Labs Shows Off Monarch Bitcoin Miner at CES
Let's just say there's a bit a controversy surrounding a little company called Butterfly Labs. Release delays and lack of communication make for a less-than-perfect reputation, but today at CES, the company publicly showed off the guts of its latest bitcoin miner, the Monarch. This miner may look like like a graphics card from the outside, but the inside is another story entirely. With hashing power of 600GH/s (using 350 watts of power), though, it won't be cheap - coming in at a whopping $2196.00 (a cheaper 300GH/s variant will be available for $1497.00). The folks over at Gizmodo have....
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Article updated on 27th August at 14:37 BST. Butterfly Labs has announced a new PCI bitcoin mining card, named Monarch, based on the new 28nm technology. Butterfly Labs claims the Monarch will achieve 600 GH/s and consume 350W. The release has courted controversy with customers who are still awaiting delivery of their longstanding 65nm-based products. The Monarch has been optimised to work when connected to a PCIe slot, however, it also has a USB port, which allows it to be used with Windows and Linux computers and even Android devices. Butterfly Labs boasts that the card will achieve 600....
Butterfly Labs, makers of specialty Bitcoin-mining machines, just announced the Butterfly Labs Monarch, an insanely powerful new ASIC at CES 2014. This machine can mine at a whopping 600 GH/s while using 350 W of power. Despite it's hefty $2196 price tag, BFL claims that the Monarch is cheaper and more efficient than its competition. Gadget blog Gizmodo has some great images of the insides of the Monarch as well as a water cooling system prototype. While this is all really impressive, Butterfly Labs has come under fire in the past for taking several months to deliver products with very....
Josh Zerlan, VP of Product Development at Butterfly Labs, has provided customers with updates relating to the company's upcoming Monarch bitcoin miner. Dated April 19th, the information came in the form of a forum post in which Mr. Zerlan notes the Kansas-based company continues to test and manufacture the miners: The revision 2 (or revision B) chips have arrived at our testing facility in California. They are being tested today and tomorrow and will arrive in Chicago on Monday, where they will be mounted on the new boards and sent to our office for final review. We expect a few days of....
Butterfly Labs Announces Two Two Week Delays... Along With Free Upgrades, Full Refunds, And 0.45W/GH
In an email sent out today to former and current Butterfly Labs customers, BFL publicized their newest update on their Monarch line of 600 GH/s PCI-e 1x cards. Unlike their handling of their first batch of Bitcoin ASIC Miners, BFL has decided to couple this bad news with some good news. The two biggest announcements are drastically improved power consumption, and of course the two "two week delays." A few weeks ago, I wrote about CoinTerra's new GSX I PCI-e Bitcoin ASIC, claiming that it was CoinTerra's response to the BFL Monarch. Well, clearly Butterfly Labs has responded. The Bad News.....
Processor manufacturer Butterfly Labs (BFL) has recently been taking a bashing in the press and on the Bitcoin Forum due to delays in deliveries and the release of the its new 28nm processor, the Monarch. CoinDesk contacted Butterfly Labs' chief operating officer (COO), Josh Zerlan, to talk about the delays, the Monarch ASIC and Bitcoin Forum complaints. Butterfly Labs, one of the most prominent producers of bitcoin mining technology, currently ships hundreds of units of 65nm chips per day. However, the Kansas-based firm has recently struggled to keep up with demand as it is currently....