Bitmain unveils modular mining equipment for large-scale operations

Bitmain announced the release of modular mining equipment designed for large-scale cryptocurrency mining operations.

#Bitmain introduces the #Antminer #AntRack, a new rack-style miner featuring a hot-swappable modularized design for easy expansion and deployment of mining operations. https://t.co/0i1iadn2Gt pic.twitter.com/hB8aOkeuy0

— BITMAIN [Not giving away ETH] (@BITMAINtech) November 7, 2020

According to the statement, the AntRack module includes: a server rack, a switch, four servers, a main control panel and a water-cooling system. The device’s core components are the hash-function computing board, the control panel, the power supply and fans—all of which support hot-swapping.

Bitmain stressed that this modular approach minimises downtime. It also simplifies and reduces the cost of future upgrades — in the installation, one would simply replace the hash board with a chip kit when moving from the current 7-nm technology to 5-nm and beyond.

To get the equipment running, three-phase power, a network cable, and the water-cooling inlets and outlets must be connected.

The company has designed the ANTBOX data-centre solution as a ten-rack AntRack monoblock.

Colin Wu, reporting at the event, noted that the co-founders’ dispute at Bitmain continues. According to him, Jihan Wu and Micree Zhang were expected to ‘shake hands’ at the summit in Sanya (Hainan province), where the company unveiled the new products and outlined its plans for further development.

1. There have been rumors that the two founders of internal fighting, Micree Zhan and Jihan Wu, will join hands to attend, but neither of them attended and did not have any voice, indicating that there is no progress in the peace talks. pic.twitter.com/whOfHjWDIP

— Colin Wu（WuBlockchain） (@WuBlockchain) November 7, 2020

The co-founders did not attend the event, Colin Wu noted.

At the summit, company representatives said that 5-nm chip-based equipment is still under development and will not be released in the near future.

Earlier, Micree Zhang stated that 5-nm miners would begin deliveries in January 2021.

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