SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eASIC® Corporation, a leading provider of single mask ASIC devices and Virtual Mining Corporation (VMC) today announced that VMC will use eASIC Nextreme-3™ 28nm devices to create a series of scalable Bitcoin mining machines capable of generating up to 24.756 TH/s (tera hashes per second) of cryptographic hashes.
“The fast design and turnaround time of eASIC Nexteme-3 28nm single mask ASIC devices coupled with the impressive performance and low power makes this an ideal solution for our Fast-Hash™ One Bitcoin Mining Machines,” said Kenneth E. Slaughter, CEO of VMC. “The performance we have seen from the eASIC Nextreme-3 family has allowed us to develop a scalable platform that provides the computing power to satisfy the most demanding Bitcoin mining cryptography problem,” added Slaughter.
“VMC has used its vast cryptographic algorithm experience to take full advantage of the advanced performance and power reduction features in our eASIC Nextreme-3 28nm architecture,” said Jasbinder Bhoot, VP of Marketing at eASIC. “This has allowed VMC to architect a very high performance Bitcoin miner, while reducing overall power consumption,” added Bhoot.
About eASIC
eASIC is a fabless semiconductor company offering breakthrough single mask ASIC devices aimed at dramatically reducing the overall cost and time-to-production of customized semiconductor devices. Low-cost, high-performance and fast-turn ASIC and System-on-Chip designs are enabled through patented technology utilizing via-layer customizable routing. This innovative fabric allows eASIC to offer a new generation of ASICs with significantly lower up-front costs than traditional ASICs.
Privately held eASIC Corporation is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), Crescendo Ventures, Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) and Evergreen Partners. For more information on eASIC please visit www.easic.com.
eASIC and eASIC Nextreme are trademarks of eASIC Corporation and registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Fast-Hash is a registered trademark of Virtual Mining Corporation.
About VMC
VMC is a manufacture specializing in cryptographic ASIC solutions, currently aimed at offering robust professional and consumer-based Bitcoin mining hardware systems, including the Fast-Hash One™, that focus on efficiency and upgradability. VMC builds upon its expertise in Bitcoin mining with over 30 years of industry and business experience. More details can be found at: www.virtualminingcorp.com.
