AnexMINER crypto chip launch conference held in Hangzhou, LTC flagship computing device launched

On August 28, the "Star World Core Future Scrypt Encryption Chip Launch Conference" hosted by Hangzhou AnexMiner Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (AnexMINER) opened at the InterContinental Hotel Hangzhou.

The conference discussed the innovative development of blockchain technology in practical applications. At the same time, the organizer, Hangzhou Dark Star Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., released two flagship ASIC chips at the conference, with chip manufacturing processes reaching advanced 5nm and 7nm.

With this, Hangzhou Dark Star Electronics also launched a flagship computing device equipped with the above two chips. This device can mine mainstream crypto assets LTC and DOGE. In terms of computing power, this computing device has reached an industry-leading position.

This is one of the few hardware launch conferences in the blockchain industry since the beginning of 2021. After Canaan Technology and Ebang International, another high-tech company with hardware R&D and production capabilities has appeared in Hangzhou, the city of blockchain.

At the same time as the chip was released, the organizer also launched the 2021 Digital Economy Empowering High-Quality Development Forum, which invited representatives of well-known blockchain industry leaders, technical experts, industry leaders, etc. to participate and give speeches, and hundreds of industry guests attended the forum. The conference conducted in-depth discussions on the latest hot spots, application implementation, and technological frontiers of blockchain, in order to lead the trend of the blockchain industry and empower the development of the blockchain industry.

LTC's flagship ASIC computing device is launched, with the chip process reaching 5nm

Yang Ye, co-founder of Dark Star Electronics, unveiled for the first time two Scrypt-based encryption chips developed by Dark Star Electronics. The manufacturing process of these two chips reached 5nm and 7nm respectively. The former has reached the most advanced chip manufacturing process in the field of blockchain supercomputing.

According to the data, the computing power of each 5nm chip reaches 0.0145GH, while the computing power of a 7nm chip reaches 0.0098GH.

Yang Ye said that Anxin Electronics will launch two flagship computing devices based on the above-mentioned chips, which can mine mainstream crypto assets LTC and DOGE.

▲Yang Ye, co-founder of Dark Star Electronics

It is reported that the computing device consists of a single main control board and four hash boards. Among them, the computing device equipped with 7nm chips has a total of 108 chips on a single computing board. Through the chipset, the computing device can eventually reach a supercomputing power of 4.25GH. The computing device equipped with 5nm chips has a total of 128 chips on a single computing board. Through the chipset, the supercomputing power of the computing device can reach 7.52GH. Even so, the power consumption of the former is about 2350w, while the power consumption of the latter is reduced to 3000W.

According to F2pool.com data, among the ASIC computing devices currently used to mine LTC, only Bitmain's flagship Antminer L7 has a computing power exceeding 5G, with a power consumption of 3425W. In addition, the computing power of other products is below 5G. It is worth mentioning that among LTC's computing power products, there are very few ASIC models. This means that the supercomputing equipment launched by Dark Star Electronics will have strong market competitiveness.

In addition, during the theme sharing, Yang Ye also focused on introducing other parameters of the supercomputer equipment. For example, its heat dissipation adopts a front and rear double-tube fan design, and a mesh cover is arranged on the outer surface of the fan to protect the safety of users. There is a grille on the back of the fan to effectively prevent particles from entering the high-speed rotating fan and causing damage to the inside of the chassis. In addition, each chip module is equipped with a single shovel-tooth heat sink, and the entire heat sink is designed to be streamlined to facilitate fan heat dissipation.

In terms of power supply, it adopts an independent power supply design. The power supply is equipped with a separate fan for heat dissipation. The 2350w and 3000w independent power supplies are set up as an all-in-one machine. The heat energy of the two plates will not be connected, achieving better heat dissipation effect.

Even so, its noise level is around 80 decibels, which can better reduce noise pollution.

From the appearance, due to the use of high-end aluminum alloy material as the body material, it has higher strength, lighter weight, strong anti-oxidation ability, is not easy to rust, can still remain intact to the greatest extent after years of work, and has extremely high thermal conductivity.

AnexMINER, another computing hardware startup from Hangzhou

Hangzhou has long been considered the capital of blockchain. In the field of supercomputing equipment, Hangzhou has two US-listed companies, namely Canaan Technology, the first blockchain company, and Ebang International, which crossed over from the communications industry to blockchain. In fact, Hangzhou also has a number of high-tech companies that focus on blockchain technology, supercomputing equipment, and distributed storage equipment.

Hangzhou Anxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is one of them. It is reported that Hangzhou Anxing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., whose English name is AnexMINER, is a technology company with many years of IDC computer room solutions. It can also provide blockchain technology-related software and services, distributed storage applications, Internet data services, etc. In addition, the company is also involved in software and integrated circuit chip development and product sales.

From the introduction, the team of Hangzhou Dark Star Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is relatively young, but they already have a lot of experience in the blockchain field. The release of supercomputing equipment is the company's first step into the field of semiconductor research and development based on encryption algorithms.

According to Yang Ye, in the future, Hangzhou Dark Star Electronics will provide richer algorithms that are more secure and private, thereby continuously promoting the development of blockchain.

At the "Star World Core Future Scrypt Encryption Chip Release Conference", in addition to the release of new devices, a 2021 Digital Economy Empowering High-Quality Development Forum was also held. Many important guests were invited to attend the conference and give speeches.

They are Wu Zhongze, former vice minister of the Ministry of Science, member of the Science, Education, Culture and Health Committee of the 11th National People's Congress, and head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's Discipline Inspection Group in the Ministry of Science and Technology. Shen Changxiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and consultant of the Office of the National Cryptography Administration. Zhao Zhongkang, former director-level inspector of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and consultant of the World Digital Economy Organization. Wang Yongchang, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress and president of the Zhejiang Business Development Research Institute. Zheng Mingzhi, director-level inspector, vice chairman of the Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce, and vice president of the Zhejiang Business Development Research Institute. Gao Chengshi, correspondent member of the Blockchain Professional Committee of the China Computer Society and a doctor of cryptography, etc.

Zhao Zhongkang said: "Blockchain technology will become the infrastructure of the digital economy era and will play an important role in my country's future economic and social development. The core of blockchain hardware manufacturing lies in the computing power of chips. The explosion of the blockchain computing market has brought new development opportunities to the global chip industry chain. In order to accelerate the application of new technologies and promote scientific and technological innovation, Hangzhou Dark Star Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. has worked hard and made silent contributions in the development and application of blockchain technology, especially in the research of SCRYPT encryption chips. This press conference is the best proof of this."

▲Speaker: Wang Yongchang

Wang Yongchang said at the meeting: "Chips are the key to a new round of technological and industrial development, and are the "brake" of national competition. The industrialization of blockchain technology and the embrace of blockchain technology by the real economy are an inevitable trend to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies, occupy the commanding heights of innovation, and gain new advantages in industrial development. A technology company like Hangzhou Dark Star Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is undoubtedly at the "forefront" of technological change and industrial development in the world today. Although the competition is fierce, the prospects are also very broad."

Wu Zhongze believes that: "The blockchain field is attracting more and more entrepreneurs and capital to enter, becoming a new hot spot for innovation and entrepreneurship. Blockchain applications are accelerating, the scale of the industry is increasing, and the industry is shifting from small-scale application exploration to large-scale application practice. It is expected to become a new economic growth point in the future. Hangzhou Dark Star Electronics has taken blockchain hardware manufacturing as an important starting point, worked hard, and successfully developed the Scrypt encryption chip, which will surely accelerate the marketization of data elements and bring about new business models."

In 2021, in the field of blockchain, the concept of the Metaverse exploded and became one of the hottest sub-tracks in the industry. At the conference, Lou Qi, CIO of Darkstar Electronics and CEO of Metaverse Ecology, made his final appearance and shared his latest thoughts on the Metaverse. This also showed the participants the attention and exploration of this young entrepreneurial team on the latest track of the industry.

He said: "The Metaverse hopes to break the limitations of real life. In the Metaverse, there is nothing that cannot be done, except for the unthinkable." In his view, the Metaverse's industrial chain includes experience, discovery platform, creator economy, spatial computing, decentralization, human-computer interaction and infrastructure. "The Metaverse is not far from our lives. We should enjoy the process of creation." He said.

In fact, whether it is blockchain or the metaverse built on blockchain, computing is the infrastructure of the industry. Hangzhou has given birth to a number of blockchain infrastructure service agencies, and Anxin Electronics is the latest rising star. Many stars surround the moon, which may be the charm of Hangzhou, the blockchain city.