H KnCMiner παρουσιάζει το πρώτο 16nm 3D mining chip
H KnCMiner ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ότι έχει στην παραγωγή το πρώτο 3D Mininng chip των 16nm δίνοντας της ένα μεγάλο πλεονέκτημα έναντι του ανταγωνισμού στην κούρσα της παγκόσμιας εξόρυξης του ψηφιακού νομίσματος. H ανακοίνωση έγινε στο επίσημο blog της εταιρείας.
KnCMiner Just Broke All World Records Running A New 3D Bitcoin Mining Chip At 16 Nanometer
Based in the tech hub that is Stockholm, Sweden, KnCMiner has once again confirmed its status as the world’s foremost Bitcoin transaction processing technology provider. KnCMiner is the first company in the world to deploy a 16 nm processor at scale. Never before in history has this kind of technology seen the light of day – or the auroras above the Clear Sky mining farms in the far north.
The move down to the 16 nanometer 3D FinFET node represents at true step change in processing capability, as this new kind of chip technology stacks its components in three dimensions compared to earlier chips’ flat design.
– We have a great design team never standing still, says KnCMiner CEO Sam Cole. We’re going to continue pushing innovation within processor design. We’ve produced 4 consecutive all-new chip designs in only 2 years, exceeding even Moore’s Law and we see no signs of this development slowing down going forward.
The 3D design not only improves the speed of the processors, due to the shorter distances involved in shuffling around data down at this nanometer scale, but also dramatically increases energy efficiency. As the rate of Bitcoin inflation (production) is set in stone better efficiency means less energy consumed per minted (mined) bitcoin.
Better efficiency results in even more environmentally friendly Bitcoin transaction processing. As KnC’s mines already utilizes green and locally produced hydropower and all-natural Arctic air for cooling – in combination with this new 16 nm 3D Solar platform – the facilities’ energy footprint will now be reduced even further.
Tα mining farm της εταιρείας βρίσκονται στην Σουηδία κοντά στον αρκτικό κύκλο και τροφοδοτούνται με ρεύμα από υδροηλεκτρικά εργοστάσια.
Σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία από το Blockchain.info το pool της αντιπροσωπεύει το 5% του παγκόσμιου Bitcoin mining.