According to Bitmain's page, AntMiner R9 will be available for sale in less than 4 hours. The price and the hash rate are still speculative.
The idea behind the new miner is to be very quiet and to consume less power, making it ideal for your home or basement.
Lets see what it has to offer.
The BM1387 ASIC Chip
The world's first bitcoin mining ASIC based on the 16nm process node
Bitmain's BM1387 chip is built using TSMC's 16nm FinFET technology and, delivering a record-breaking 0.098 J/GHs, is the world's most efficient bitcoin mining chip in the consumer market. Each Antminer R4 employs 126 such chips to deliver more hashrate and efficiency than any bitcoin miner except the Antminer S9.
A Groundbreaking Custom-design Fan
The R4 will change the meaning of a fan for all bitcoin miners
Fans have long been the single biggest source of noise in any bitcoin miner. The R4’s design team found a simple but unique solution to this problem: to do away with the traditional noisy fan!
Ease of Use
Antminer’s user interface has been carefully designed keeping in mind theneeds of our users
After you have accessed the Antminer’s user interface, all you have to do is to enter your wallet address and mining pool settings before you start mining. The user interface also allows you to customize settings such as the fan speed or the frequency and can be upgraded to new releases from Bitmain.
Meticulously Designed for Your Home
Mega-terahash performance within the space and sound of your home electronics
Producing a sound that’s usually less than 52dB, the R4 manages to deliver a monstrous hashrate of 8.6TH/swith a sound level unseen since the existence of 1TH/s bitcoin miners.
Optional Custom-built PSU for Further Noise Reduction
We understand that a major component of noise for any bitcoin miner is the Power Supply Unit that powers it. This is why we have simultaneously designed our most advanced and silent PSU to date.
What do you guys think the price of this miner will be. Let me know in the comment section below. My forecast is 1,50 BTC per machine. Well, We are going to know in less than 4 hours.
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Calculation for the new ant miner... It includes transportation and import taxes too.
