Intel Bonanza ASIC Chip and Block miners

Mining & Hardware ASIC Mining
#1

Can we get a discussion going on the plans of Block and others to make ASICS with the new Intel Bonanza chips. Despite media reports they are not 1000X faster than other ASICS they are 1000x faster than GPU mining Bitcoin which means nothing. I have heard something like 15% improvement versus competitor ASIC chips. Bitmain is moving to 5NM so its not like they are sitting around and will let Intel take over. I would love to hear if anyone has some insight or other information regarding these new miners. Specifically interested if they are only going with Bitcoin or if they will branch out…

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#2

Glad to hear this, definitely was a concern when this came out.

#3

The likelihood that we will have access to the miners from intel is pretty low in the near term. They will be gobbled up by big farms. I doubt they will be much better than Bitmain initially.

#4

I believe Block’s plan was to introduce home Bitcoin mining machines not professional miners.

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#5

I’m in! I need the quieter miners. I’m not looking to get rich just make a steady income to stack.

Thanks
Doug

#6

Intel could be a game changer in this market.

But lets see their plan because for now its pretty vague…

#7

I’ll believe it once they ship and then actually start hashing. Until then . . . I’ll remain a skeptic.

#8

You can mine with Goldshell home miners. Probably KD box makes the most sense and convert immediately to Bitcoin if you need something quite with minimal heat/power.

#9

I read on Anand Tech, it’s big thing was lower power. 25 to 30% power savings over s19j’s.

#10

Toms hardware article said 40TH at 3600watts. That is horrible efficiency. I hope that is way wrong unless we are talking less than $70ish/TH.

#11

Thats for the gen1 chips, gen2 chips are already there (or almost) apparently but we have no idea of the specs yet…

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#12

Some updates

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