Altcoin News: Bitmain’s Next-Gen Antminer s17 Starts Selling on April 9

April 1, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

The Chinese manufacturer Bitmain decided on the release date of the new generation of ASIC miners Antminer S17. It will be held on April 9, after which the devices will be available to customers around the world.

Antminer S17 will continue to be designed for the extraction of cryptocurrency only on the SHA-256 algorithm, first of all, Bitcoin and BitCash. Representatives of the company claim that the energy efficiency of the second-generation 7-nm chips used in the S17 model is 30% higher than that of the models of the previous line.

“The size of the new device is comparable to the size of S15 from the previous line, but S17 will have a higher hashrate. So far this is all the information from Bitmain, ” reports Finance Magnates.

The new line will be presented by three models of devices: Antminer S17 Pro, Antminer S17 and Antminer T17.

“There are no technical limits for development yet, but it is possible that in the short term after progress goes beyond the 7-nm chips, the miner developers will face physical limitations. Despite the rapid pace of development of the industry, in the foreseeable future, 7-nm chips will remain the preferred option in the context of performance and cost savings,” said the launch manager for new devices.

Recall that recently it became known about the Bitmain plan, according to which deliveries of a new line of ASIC miners will be carried out on the eve of halving the award for a Bitcoin block (up to which there are about 14 months — ed. ). Thus, the company wants to restore the lost positions in the market, as well as improve its financial position.

Author: Marko Vidrih