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We are currently testing two Zeus-based Scrypt ASIC miners and since they do require a special miner software with support for the chips, we are providing the latest version of the miner with the source code. It is a modified version of cgminer 3.1.1, a bit old version already, that has the Icarus driver modified to work with the Zeus ASIC hardware, but this is all we have for the moment. You need to set the operating frequency and the number of chips of the ASIC miner you use as command line parameters, for example a 300 MHz frequency seems to be the default one and the ZeusMiner Blizzard has 6 chips. You can check the Readme file and also find an example bat file for running the GAWMiners Falcon Scrypt ASIC that has 128 chips and is recommended to be used with a frequency of 328 MHz and is getting you about 27 MHS hashrate.
The ZeusMiner Scrypt ASIC miners and the miners sold by GAWMiners and HASHRA that are based on Zeus ASIC chips do rely on a virtual USB to COM driver, so you may need to download and install the latest Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers. After that you need to see what is the number of the virtual COM port of the ASIC device from the Device Manager of the computer and set that port as a command line parameter.
– You can download the cgminer 3.1.1 with ZeusMiner Scrypt ASIC support for Windows OS here…
It seems that Gridseed might be working on a new even larger Scrypt ASIC miner, or that is what got as information from a reader that sent a link to publication on a new mining forum called MinerTalk. From the apparently leaked photos of the new miner published there we can see that it is a larger box miner with integrated PSU and a LAN network interface. There are still no specifications available and no information what ASIC chips will the device use.
The miner seems to have 5 PCBs or modules with chips inside and there are only three small fans. On the second photo we can see that the chips on the modules are small, similar to the Gridseed GC3355 ones, though these might be new chips as well. Judging from the size of the chips and the miner we can assume that the miner should be capable of something like 25 MHS or 50 MHS even more in terms of hashrate (5-10 MHS per module). Though there is no information about actual specifications, so these are only assumptions for the moment.
– To check out the topic about the new Gridseed ASIC at the MinerTalk forum…
- In: Mining Hardware
- Tags: Gridseed, Gridseed ASIC, Gridseed GC3355, MinerTalk, Scrypt ASIC, Scrypt Miner
Today we got a 27 MHS GAWMiners Falcon Scrypt ASIC Miner based on the 55 nm Zeus Scrypt ASIC chips and we have just finished setting up the device and started testing it. Our initial impressions are quite good so far and once we play a bit more with the device we are going to share all of them with you, so expect a lot more details in the next few days as we continue to test the Scrypt ASIC miner. Aside from the 27 MHS Falcon, GAWMiners also has both a faster model – the 54 MHS War Machine, as well as slower and more affordable models such as the 13 MHS Black Widow and the smallest 1.3 MHS Fury. In fact the Fury is currently probably the most affordable small Scrypt ASIC miner in production, along with the Zeus Blizzard, now that Gridseed has stopped producing their 5-chip GC3355-based miners.
We do need smaller and affordable Scrypt ASIC miners in order for them to be accessible to normal miners that want to mine DOGE for example with no resources to buy a 10K USD Scrypt ASIC miner like the big mining farms can. While the initial price of the 1 MHS+ Scrypt ASICs was not the best at about $200 USD, their latest price is much more reasonable and affordable at $139.95 USD and can get even better if you buy multiple units. This should allow the Scrypt hashing power to remain distributed among many people and not get centralized in the hands of just few big mining farms, otherwise there is a high risk of more and more people going away from Scrypt crypto currencies and moving to other alternatives.
Now back to testing the Falcon. Meanwhile, if you have some questions about the miner we are already prepared to answer them.
– To see what other Zeus-based Scrypt ASIC miners are currently offered by GAWMiners…