RE: QBT’s FPGA chip prototype11 Nov 2021 15:09
Guys I'm certainly no Chip expert (although I do grow my own Pink Fir Apple and Jazzy spuds which make great chips) however I think todays Hut8 News is interesting.
Basically they recently upgraded their ETH mining rigs with new chips...
Here's an example of how they are now mining BTC at $3,000 per BTC (by mining ETH and being paid in BTC...
As of November 10, 2021, the entire fleet of high-performance NVIDIA chips has been received at Hut 8's site in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 91% of the servers have been installed and powered up, with full deployment expected in the next week. The addition of the NVIDIA GPUs serves to increase Hut 8's aggregate operating rate by approximately 1,600 Gigahash, which based on current network dynamics, equates to an ASIC hashrate of approximately 325 PH/s. The Company has deployed the NVIDIA GPUs to mine the Ethereum network via Luxor pool, and consistent with our HODL strategy, is receiving payouts in Bitcoin. Based on current mining economics this equates to approximately 1.8 – 2.0 Bitcoin per day, with an average cost to mine each Bitcoin of less than $3,000, making this NVIDIA GPU fleet the most profitable portion of Hut 8's self-mining operation.
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/hut-8-achieves-third-consecutive-record-breaking-quarterly-revenue-in-q3-2021-surpasses-5-000-bitcoin-held-in-reserve-874508828.html
Chips and RIO will be what drives this industry
QBT have set out their stall to disrupt the industry...