Mining hardware

StrongU Miner STU-U8 - asic for mining Bitcoin 46TH/s at 2200W

StrongU Miner, a little-known Chinese cryptocurrency mining equipment company, has completely updated its asic miner's lineup for the X11, SHA-256 and Blake256R14 algorithms. Let us consider in more detail the STU-U8 model for mining Bitcoin cryptocurrency on the SHA-256 algorithm. From the technical specifications, unfortunately, it is not indicated for what standards this Asic miner is made, but given the 46TH/s hashrate and 2200 watt power consumption, it is not much inferior to the recently announced new products from the market leader Bitmain - ANTMiner S17. Therefore, we can conclude that the STU-U8 is also made according to the norms of 7nm, as well as its main competitor.

The evolution of the development of risers for mining. Which USB riser to choose for mining cryptocurrency

With the advent of mining cryptocurrency on video cards, the first crypto enthusiasts had to solve a lot of technical and software problems, one of these tasks was to use the maximum number of video cards on a single computer platform or riga. Because in 2010, there were no special mining motherboards, the maximum number of installed graphics cards per motherboard rarely exceeded 2 units. Those. the number of installed video cards directly depended on the number of PCI-Express x16 connectors on the motherboard. In addition, due to the close proximity of the video cards to each other and the work of mining rigs in 24/7 mode, there was a real problem with the cooling of video cards. It was at this time that tips to increase the distance between video cards with the help of a special PCI-Express X16 connector extender, which had to be soldered   the connectors and cable, began to appear on the specialized forums. Such a device was later called Riser PCI-Express 16X - 16X.

Asic Bitmain ANTminer S17 and S17 PRO - from 50TH/s to 62TH/s on the SHA-256 algorithm (Bitcoin)

The emergence of Bitmain's new ASICs under the SHA-256 algorithm has been discussed for a long time, especially since even the company itself at the end of March announced the launch of sales of a new generation called Antminer S17 on April 9, 2019. On the eve of the start of sales on the official site Bitmain detailed technical information appeared on the Asic miner Antminer S17 and S17Pro.

The main difference between the PRO version and the usual S17 is the presence of three modes of operation (Low Power, Normal and Turbo).

FPGA miner Hash Altcoin Blackminer F1 Mini

About the company Hash Altcoin, which produces miners on FPGA chips, we previously wrote when the production version of Blackminer F1+ was introduced. If the previous FPGA miner is designed more for industrial use, the new product called Blackminer F1 Mini is more suitable for home conditions. because for the cooling system, you can use a variety of ready-made solutions for Intel processors under LGA 115X socket. This approach will allow you to maintain in the room comfortable acoustic living parameters, which cannot be said about his older brother, Blackminer F1 +. Mini version is sold for only 179 USD, but without power supply and cooling system, which would reduce the cost of delivery. You can purchase all missing items in any computer accessories shop.

Asic Miner Canaan Creative Avalon A10 - 31Th / s and 1736W on the SHA-256 algorithm

Canaan Creative, the second largest producer of asic miners, presented the second generation 7nm ASIC for Bitcoin - Avalon A10. After the not very successful model of Avalon A9 , the manufacturer will only now release asic miner SHA-256 with the characteristics that it promised for the 9th generation Avalon. On the official website avalonminer.shop, apart from the banner with the announcement, there is still no information, therefore the only official source confirming the characteristics of Avalon A10 is a post in the official Wechat branch.

Innosilicon Equihash A9 ++ ZMaster - 140 KSol/s on the Equihash algorithm (Zcash)

Innoslicon introduced its new asic miner for the Eqiuhash A9 ++ ZMaster algorithm for direct competition with the Bitmain miner  recently announced for Equihash - ANTminer Z11. Equihash A9 ++ ZMaster is a slightly improved version of the A9 ZMaster, which was increased in size, which gave an increase not only in hashes, but also in power consumption.

 Specifications ASIC Miner  A9++ ZMaster:

Whatsminer M20 - a new series of Bitcoin asics from 3 devices from 48TH/s to 72TH/s

The Chinese company Pangolin yesterday announced a pre-order for their Bitcoin ASICs of the new generation Whatsminer M20, made according to the technological standards 12nm. The declared energy efficiency will be at the level of 46W/TH, for comparison, the current generation of the Whatsminer M10 has an energy efficiency of 65W/TH. The main competitor of Bitmain, the current generation Antminer S15, has an energy efficiency of 57 W/TH, which is slightly higher, although a more perfect 7nm process is used. The delivery date of the first batch is July 10-20, 2019, which is long enough, since by this time, Bitmain could release new ASICs for Bitcoin with an energy efficiency of 30 W/TH on the already announced BM1397 chips.

Bitmain Antminer Z11 - 135KSol on Equihash algorithm, Zcash cryptocurrency

Bitmian has launched a new generation of asic miner sales for Equihash's Antminer Z11 algorithm. In the production of Z11, new asic chips manufactured using 12nm technology with an energy efficiency of 10.5 J/KH were used. For comparison, the previous version of the Antminer Z9 had an energy efficiency of 28.8 J/KH, i.e. The novelty for this parameter is 3 times better. The total hashrate has grown from 40Ksol to 135Ksol, and the TDP has also been increased from 1150 W to 1418 W.

Testing MSI Geforce GTX1660Ti Ventus video card in mining with 34 algorithms

The Nvidia GTX1660Ti video card has been selling for a long time, but there is still little information on its performance in mining on the less popular algorithms. Immediately after the announcement, the hashrate was only available for Ethereum (Nvidia Geforce GTX1660Ti first mining test in Ethereum), since there has been almost no information on the use of GTX1660Ti in mining, with the exception of rare messages on specialized forums. To fill this gap, later in the text you will find detailed information on testing the GTX1660Ti on 34 mining algorithms of cryptocurrencies on different miners with optimization of operating frequencies and Power Limit for mining of cryptocurrencies.

Nvidia Geforce GTX1660 - GTX1060 heir in games and mining cryptocurrencies

If AMD is trying to maintain its position in the budget class of video cards, releasing the RX560XT, then Nvidia confidently takes the Middle segment with its new RTX2060, GTX1660Ti and GTX1660, leaving no chances in this AMD product segment, forcing to reduce the prices of its RX570 / RX580 video cards to price video card GTX1050Ti. But now let's talk not about this, but about another new product of the company Nvidia GTX1660 without an index "Ti", which will once again make AMD managers nervous.

AMD Radeon RX560 XT - an interesting novelty, but only for the Chinese market

AMD, чтобы конкурировать с младшей линейкой видеокарт Nvidia, выпустила для китайского рынка Radeon RX560XT, которая является урезанной модификацией видеокарты RX570, то есть RX560XT основана на более мощной архитектуре Polaris20. , Мы уже видели подобные решения от AMD в 2016 году, когда видеокарта Radeon RX470D была также выпущена для китайского рынка, но сегодня эта видеокарта довольно популярна на вторичном рынке различных стран благодаря своей цене 50-60 долларов США. Его идеологический последователь Radeon RX560XT имеет все шансы повторить этот путь.

Bitmain Antminer B7 - 96KH/s on the algorithm Tensority cryptocurrency Bytom

The manufacturer Asic miner-s Bitmian has released ANTminer B7 for mining Bytom mining on the Tensority algorithm. Cryptocurrency Bytom appeared exactly a year ago in March 2018, and Bitmain, together with the announcement of Bytom, released a specialized asic miner ANTminer B3 for the new Tensority algorithm at that time. The past year, Bitmain clearly worked well, because A new version of ASIC for Bytom can offer more than 1000 times more performance than the first version.

Innosilicon Grin Miner - asic miner for GRIN cryptocurrency in the summer of 2019

Well-known Asic miners manufacturing company Innosilicon has opened a pre-order for asic for mining cryptocurrency GRIN. From the technical specifications, only power consumption of 500W is now known, the rest of the data is given in vague phrases “the hashrate will be many times more powerful and more efficient than the GPU” or “the noise level will be available for use at home”. The manufacturer promises to indicate exact technical characteristics only after April 15, and the device itself will be ready for shipment in the summer of 2019. At the moment you can leave a deposit of 2000 USD for booking the purchase of Innosilicon Grin Miner from the first batch. Since the company does not indicate the exact characteristics of ASIC, therefore it offers a full return of the deposit within 2 weeks after the announcement of the technical characteristics if they are not satisfied with anything. You can read more about asyk for GRIN at this link.

Nvidia Geforce GTX1660Ti first mining test in Ethereum

On February 22, 2019, the budget Nvidia Geforce GTX1660Ti video card was presented without RayTracing blocks, which had a good effect on the price and power consumption of this video card, which can not fail to please meininag fans on video cards, since It is these parameters that most affect the payback of equipment. Of the gaming tests, many already know that the GTX1660Ti gives  the same performance as the GTX1070, but for less money and with less power consumptionм.

Overview miner FPGA Blackminer F1 + from HashAltcoin

BlackMiner F1 + is an improved version of FPGA miner Blackminer F1 from HashAltcoin, which is a completely finished device made in the usual Bitmain formic factor of the previous generation. Unlike ASICs, in FPGA instead of one possible algorithm for mining, theoretically, mining of any algorithms is available after flashing. For the BlackMiner F1 +, mining of 17 different algorithms is currently available. Consider the possibilities of the FPGA miner from Hashaltcoin in more detail.

 Characteristics of HashAltcoin BlackMiner F1 +:

BM1397 - new asic chip from Bitmain for SHA-256 algorithm

On February 18, 2019, Bitmain introduced the second generation of its 7nm asic BM1397 chips for the SHA-256 algorithm. Compared with the current generation used in the AntMiner S15 and T15, the energy efficiency of the new product is higher by 28.6% and is 30 J / Th. Now, we recall, Bitmain sells SHA-256 asik miners with energy efficiency 57 J / TH. Currently, the technical characteristics of the future Antminer S17 and T17 are unknown, but it is not difficult to assume that the hashrate will be 36 Th / s and 29 TH / s, respectively, with the same power consumption. More details about the announcement can be found on the official site Bitmain.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 - hashrate 90MH/s based on Ethash algorithm (Dagger-Hashimoto)

On February 7, 2019, AMD's hi-end video card, called the Radeon RX Vega 7, built on the trimmed GPU Vega 20 from the Radeon Instinct, went on sale. The GCN architecture of this GPU is 5 generations left, as in the previous Vega 64, so you should not expect any serious performance growth, which cannot be said about the memory subsystem, since in addition to its increase from 8Gb to 16Gb, AMD also more than doubled its memory bandwidth, which primarily affected the performance of this video card in mining with memory dependent algorithms (Ethash).

Actual hashrate for video cards in 2019

The mining industry on video cards for 2018 has probably gone through the biggest changes in its entire life span, since Many popular mining algorithms previously available only for video cards have been completely supplanted by asic devices, a large number of new cryptocurrencies promoting new "asic resist" algorithms have appeared on the market, as well as new-generation video cards began to appear. Against this background, the protracted decline in the entire cryptocurrency market for the entire 2018 and the beginning of 2019 makes the life of miners with video cards, in pursuit of maximum profit and payback of their equipment, is not quite predictable and complex. If you have not yet surrendered and have not sold the entire fleet of your video cards, then this material will help you with the choice of the algorithm and software for mining, and optimists will also be able to choose the best option for purchasing and expanding their capacities. Also this material will be very useful for beginners who are just starting their way in the world of cryptocurrencies.

Asic FusionSilicon X7 - 262GH/s and 1300W on the X11 algorithm

The development of specialized devices for mining cryptocurrency (Asic) continues to develop as well as before, adding to the performance with each new generation up to 2 times. Such a new breakthrough was the asik miner X7 from FusionSilicon for mining cryptocurrency Dash and others on the X11 algorithm. If the previous leader Bitmain Antminer D5 could offer energy efficiency at the level of 13W / GH (119Gh, 1566W), then the novelty has a 70% higher energy efficiency of 5W / GH (262GH, 1300W). And the D5 appeared literally 2 months ago in November 2018 and already looks very weak against the background of FusionSilicon X7.

Obelisk GRN1 - Asic Miner for GRIN, Pre-order for October 2019

The GRIN cryptocurrency recently came out with a new dual algorithm, Cuckaro29 and Cuckaroo31, as the Obelisk GRN1 ASIC was announced almost immediately under the Cuckaroo31 algorithm, and in a press release this algorithm was named as Asic frendly (friendly to Asik). Because of such a quick announcement, it can be assumed that the creation of GRIN was initially based on the use of Asics.