Bitmain Antminer S4 Review: 2 th/s Bitcoin ASIC Miner Needs PSU Replacement
Antminer S4. Bitmain released the AntMiner S4 recently amid much speculation and the simultaneous release of their HashNest cloud mining service. The S4 is much like the AntMiner S2 in that it is housed in a 3U rack mountable chassis. The AntMiner S4 is a 2 th/s Bitcoin miner that uses the BM1382 chip. Bitmain gets an improvement on the gh/s to watt ratio. Power efficiency is one of the most important things to consider when buying Bitcoin or other Cryptocurrency miners. The faster they are at the lowest power ratio, the better. The Antminer S4 ships now... which is another thing to....
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Bitmain has long led the industry not only in ASIC development but also in making sure they are available to more than just a few big customers. The other hallmark of Bitmain is they announce a new miner only when they are nearly ready to ship. No pre-ordering and long waits. The AntMiner S9 is no exception. Bitmain had recently announced that they would soon be releasing and shipping the first 16nm ASIC to market and followed up by quickly opening ordering and selling out fast of batch one and batch two S9s. The S9 has very aggressive specs compared to the S7 which as the time was top....
Bitmain, the Bitcoin mining ASIC provider, Sunday announced the release of its next-generation Bitcoin miner, the Antminer S7, using the recently announcedBM1385 ASIC. The company argues that "this machine is not only our most efficient ever, using less than half the energy per gigahash of the S5, but it is also our most powerful miner to enter mass production." It had released the S5+ in limited supply, which offers nearly 3,000 more GH/s than the announced S7. "It's true that the S5+ had a greater overall hashrate, but the S7 squeezes more juice from a smaller, more power efficient....
Bitmain is taking a new approach to getting more people involved in bitcoin mining. Bitmain is introducing the AntMiner R4, and their new PSU: the APW5. According to the company, both products are made with a broader range of users in mind, both utilizing new cooling systems to improve heat dissipation and noise output. The New Bitmain AntMiner R4. The AntMiner R4 is a new line of bitcoin ASIC miners aimed at the average consumer. This miner uses the new 16 nm ASIC, with a 8 th/s to 8.6 th/s hash rate. A new cooling and styling design keeps the R4’s noise levels low, reportedly peaking....