Mining hardware

Pre-orders are now open for the Antminer S19j XP

Bitmain has initiated pre-orders for their new ASIC miner, the Antminer S19j XP, which stands as their most powerful air-cooled ASIC to date. Essentially, it's an S19 XP model but with higher-quality ASIC chips. While the S19 XP offers 141TH and consumes 3031W, the S19j XP boasts 151TH with a power consumption of 3247W. Maintaining an energy efficiency of 21.5J/TH, this not only involves chip overclocking but also the selection of superior chips for the S19j XP model. If it were merely a factory overclock of the chips' frequencies, the energy efficiency of such a solution would be lower.

Firmware for Overclocking Antminer S19 90Th with 126 Chips

The company Bitmain offers a wide range of ASIC miners, and there are about a dozen different models of S19 alone. Moreover, the standard Antminer S19 model with 90 terahashes has several variations. These variations of the S19 differ in the number of ASIC chips they contain, ranging from 76, 88 chips to 126 chips. The model with 126 chips is particularly popular because with a simple firmware modification, the hash rate of this model can be enhanced to a more advanced version known as the S19j PRO.

The new manufacturer of Bitcoin ASIC miners is Auradine Teraflux.

The American company Auradine has introduced the first generation of its Bitcoin ASIC miners under the brand Teraflux. The main feature of Teraflux SHA-256 ASIC miners is the patented EnergyTune and AutoTune technology, which allows automatic adjustment of power consumption and hash rate based on the ambient air temperature or electricity cost. In other words, users will be able to adjust the energy efficiency of their ASIC miners according to different operating conditions.

Bitmain Filecoin Miner - profitability calculation

Bitmain, a company specializing in ASIC miners' production, has released an atypical product, a server miner for the POST (proof-of-spacetime) cryptocurrency Filecoin. POST is a type of POC consensus (proof-of-capacity). POC cryptocurrencies differ from traditional ones in that mining is not based on computational power but on providing free space on various data storage devices such as HDDs and SSDs. Mining such cryptocurrencies does not require developing advanced ASIC chips with cutting-edge technological standards since regular data storage devices can be used. The cheaper the cost per Terabyte of space, the more economically advantageous such a miner will be.

Samsung's First 3nm Chip Detected in ASIC Miner

Although Samsung initiated mass production of chips based on the SF3E process (3nm, GAA transistors) approximately a year ago, few electronics manufacturers have confirmed their utilization in their products. Recently, analysts from TechInsights discovered that one of the first customers to adopt Samsung's 3nm chips is MicroBT, a company specializing in ASIC miners. The SF3E process chip is being applied in their latest cryptominer, the Whatsminer M56S++.

GDDR7 - mining perspectives

Samsung has unveiled the first generation of GDDR7 video memory, which will be available to graphics card manufacturers by the end of 2023. The key feature of GDDR7 is its increased data transfer speed of up to 32Gbit/s, although Samsung had previously announced working on GDDR7 with 36Gbit/s per pin, possibly indicating a second revision of this memory standard. Compared to the current generation of graphics cards with GDDR6 (18 Gbit/s - RTX 4060Ti, 20 Gbit/s - RX 7900XTX) and GDDR6X (21Gbit/s - RTX4090 and RTX4070, 22.4Gbit/s - RTX 4080), the new generation will see a significant boost in memory subsystem performance if Nvidia and AMD decide to use GDDR7 in their gaming graphics cards next year.

Hashrate of the Geforce RTX 4060 8Gb video card

Just a few days ago, another Nvidia graphics card from the 4000 series, the RTX 4060, went on sale at a price of 299 USD. Considering the negative trends of the latest models, namely simplification and simultaneous rise in price, which became especially noticeable on the RTX 4060 Ti video card, we will evaluate with interest the mining capabilities of the Geforce RTX 4060 and find out whether this video card is worth the money or better to prefer other options.

New ASIC miners MicroBT Whatsminer M50S++, M53S++ and M56S++

Asic miner manufacturer Whatsminer has introduced a new line of bitcoin mining devices called M50S++, M53S++ and M56S++. Moreover, the older models M53S++ and M56S++ are intended only for installation in server racks with pre-designed cooling for server stations. Asic miner in the usual format, conditionally for home use, is available only in the younger model M50 ++. A distinctive feature of the sales of new Whatsminer ASIC miners is the factory testing of devices for the quality of ASIC chips, which is why there are several modifications of the same model with different hashrate and, accordingly, with different prices. Those. Whatsmainer began to act like memory, CPU and GPU chip manufacturers by selling the same chip at different prices after testing and rejection. So far, the difference in price between the maximum possible hashrate and the minimum one is not much different, but most likely this is just a probing of the market, and soon this practice among ASIC miner manufacturers may become commonplace.

Asic iPollo X1 for Ethash algorithm in graphics card case

iPollo has announced its new ASIC miner called X1, designed to mine cryptocurrency on the ETHash and ETChash algorithm. ASIC characteristics do not shock anyone, because. this is an analogue of last year's iPollo V1 Mini, but with a significantly lower price and in several types of cases.

AMD Radeon RX 7600 graphics card - cryptocurrency mining and hashrate

On May 25, 2023, the first entry-level model of the RDNA 3 generation, the Radeon RX 7600, was introduced to the AMD consumer graphics portfolio with a MSRP of $269. Because the announcement of the video card took place the day after the announcement of the RTX 4060 Ti from Nvidia, then you can safely compare these video cards with each other both in terms of price and their efficiency in mining. If the RTX 4060 Ti is not the best choice for mining at its price of 399 USD, then it will be interesting to compare the results in mining with its direct competitor RX 7600.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060Ti graphics card - cryptocurrency mining and hashrate

On May 24, 2023, Nvidia introduced a new mid-range consumer graphics card called the Geforce RTX 4060Ti. Like the entire current RTX 4000 series of graphics cards, the new product offers significantly increased GPU capabilities (22TFLOPS instead of 16TFLOPS for the RTX 3060 Ti), but at the same time, the video memory subsystem has undergone a serious simplification due to which the memory bandwidth of the 4060Ti is almost two times lower than that of the RTX 3060Ti (288Gbit/s vs 448Gbit/s). And this is a rather serious simplification, which will definitely affect the hash rate of this video card in cryptocurrency mining on the algorithms Ethash, ETChash, KawPow and others for the worse. For you to understand the level of video memory performance of the new GPU, they lowered it to the level of the GTX 1070, which was sold back in 2016. How such "large-scale" changes will affect the performance in the mining of the RTX 4060 Ti video card, you will learn further.

Bitmain KAS Miner KS 3 - the most powerful ASIC for Kaspa cryptocurrency

Bitmain once again confirms its status as the number one manufacturer of ASIC miners by releasing the most high-performance asic miner for Kaspa cryptocurrency for free sale. The novelty is called Bitmain KAS Miner KS3 with a hashrate of 8300GH/s with a power consumption of 3188W. For comparison, Osprey's competing E300 hashrate is only 14GH/s at 500W.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 hashrate in cryptocurrency mining

Nvidia has launched the next Ada Lovelace RTX 4070 generation graphics card, which may be of significant interest to miners due to the growing popularity of mining cryptocurrencies with an emphasis on pure GPU performance: Nexa, Kaspa and others. If the RTX 4070 can offer the same mining efficiency as its older brethren, then it could be the best choice for miners, as has been the case with previous mid-range Nvidia graphics cards. Actually, this is what we will try to find out and evaluate the RTX 4070 video card as a tool for cryptocurrency mining, and not a gaming solution.

All HashAltCoin FPGAs Get Support for the kHeavyHash Algorithm

HashAltcoin produced FPGA (programmable) miners under the Blackminer brand, which were popular and brought good income at the peak of cryptocurrency prices in 2021. The company recently breathed new life into its products by releasing a new firmware with support for the kHeavyHash mining algorithm, which makes it possible to mine Kaspa cryptocurrency on FPGA miners Blackminer F1, F1+, F1 Mini, F1 Mini+, F1 Ultra, F2.

ASIC SuperScalar K10 - 30Gh/s hashrate based on the kHeavyHash algorithm (Kaspa)

Recently, the cryptocurrency Kaspa has gained significant popularity among GPU miners, but the popularity of the cryptocurrency has attracted not only owners of GPU mining rigs, but also FPGA and ASIC miner manufacturers. At the end of 2022, the first FPGA miner Osprey E300 was made available for Kaspa mining under the kHeavyHash algorithm, which is the algorithm that the Kaspa crypto project operates on. Just under six months later, the first ASIC miner for Kaspa was released, called the Superscalar K10.

Goldshell Mini Doge 2 - mining Doge cryptocurrency at home

Goldshell has released the second version of the Mini Doge ASIC miner for the Scrypt algorithm (Litecoin, Doge), the key feature of which is the ability to use these ASICs at home. Therefore, the maximum noise from the cooling system is limited to only 35dB, for comparison, industrial Asic miners usually have a noise figure of 75-85dB, which is equivalent to the noise from a lathe. That is why ASIC miners do not use it in apartments or offices. Because not everyone can afford to buy several dozen ASIC miners and rent an industrial premises, it is for such people that goldshell releases its products that can be placed next to a computer or laptop as an unusual electronic gadget.

Bitmain Antminer D9 - new ASIC for Dash cryptocurrency

In February 2023, Bitmain introduced a new generation of its ASIC miners for mining Dash cryptocurrency on the X11 algorithm. The novelty is called Antminer D9 or Dash Miner D9. Compared to the previous model Antminer D7 (on sale since 2021), the new one has a larger hash rate and at the same time has lower power consumption. For which buyers will have to pay a rather high price, estimated by the company itself at 8500 USD for one device.

Bitmain Antminer E9 PRO - new ASIC miner for ETHash, ETChash algorithm

At the beginning of 2023, Bitmain released an updated version of its ASIC miner for mining cryptocurrencies using ETCHash, ETHahsh mining algorithms - ANTminer E9 PRO. Compared to the E9, the new product received better energy efficiency of 0.6W/MH instead of 0.8W/MH and 7GB of RAM, which is also not unimportant, because. if the DAG file size is larger than the RAM, the ASIC simply will not work. For example, the DAG file of the EthereumPOW cryptocurrency already has a size of more than 5GB.

Hashrate of Amd, Nvidia, Intel video cards for 2023. Table.

2022 turned out to be an interesting and eventful year in the world of cryptocurrencies. In one year, together with you, we managed to observe the ups and downs of cryptocurrencies, we learned that even the largest crypto companies can close overnight, leaving behind not only offended customers, but also the entire industry. If the general state of the crypto markets can be described as a crypto winter, then for miners, 2022 can be compared to an atomic apocalypse and scorched earth. And it’s not only the sharp decline in the cost of cryptocurrencies that is to blame, but also the transition of the second most popular cryptocurrency from POW mining to POS mining. Because of this, several tens of millions of video cards that served the Ethereum POW blockchain remained out of work.

But despite this, the ideas of Satoshi Nakomoto continue to live in 2023 and move the world towards a new digital future.

The new ASIC Bitmain S19j PRO+

At the very beginning of 2023, Bitmain introduced a new model of its ASIC miner for the SHA-256 algorithm (Bitcoin cryptocurrency) - S19j PRO+. as you might guess from the name, this is not a new generation of asic miners for bitcoin, but an extension of the current S19 line. Moreover, this is not the most high-performance and energy-efficient model, but a slightly improved basic modification. The most advanced model from Bitmain, we recall, is now the S19 XP, released back in 2021.