Introducing the Innosilicon G32 Grin ASIC miner: ten times better than using graphics cards

In mid-January, the cryptocurrency Grin was introduced based on the MimbleWimble protocol, which developers intended to mine more profitably on graphics cards rather than custom ASICs. Mining Grin is conducted using Cuckoo Cycle (Cuckatoo) hashing algorithms, which are expected to be continually developed, again aiming to make Grin mining less profitable on ASICs. However, ASIC developers disagree with this. The Chinese company Innosilicon, for example, has prepared a range of hardware solutions for mining Grin with ASICs both at home and in farms.

The primary consumer of Grin mining solutions is considered to be the home user. To this end, Innosilicon has created an ASIC miner in the form factor of a PCIe adapter, resembling the size and shape of a graphics card. The price for pre-order, which must be made by the end of April, will be $800. Deliveries will start in August. Buying the miner after deliveries begin will cost $1200. This and other miners support Cuckatoo31+ and Cuckatoo32+ hashing algorithms (as well as Cuckatoo29/30). Before April 2020, all algorithms except Cuckatoo32+ will be phased out, but Innosilicon's equipment will remain relevant, as it already supports the Cuckatoo32+ algorithm. By the way, the warranty on pre-ordered equipment has been extended from 6 to 9 months, which will be a nice addition to direct discounts.

The claimed performance of the PCIe adapter miner will be from 21.5 GPS for CC31+ to 4.5 GPS for CC32+, with a power consumption of around 140 W, which, according to the developer, is ten times more productive compared to a "good" GPU. Each such card can operate both independently and in a cascaded connection with other adapters. The adapter can be connected via Ethernet and Wi-Fi.

For mini-farms and farms, Innosilicon will offer miners for Grin mining in separate enclosures: models G32-500 (520 W, 100 GPS for CC31+ and 20 GPS for CC32+) and G32-1800 (1800 W, 328 GPS for CC31+ and 65.6 GPS for CC32+). The price for the 520 W miner will be $2888 for pre-order and $4500 after deliveries begin. The price for the 1800 W miner will be $9388 for pre-order and $15,000 if purchased later.

Kilde: 3dnews.ru