<p>These are <strong>A</strong>pplication <strong>S</strong>pecific <strong>I</strong>ntegrated <strong>C</strong>ircuit(s), a computer that is designed for Bitcoin mining. PCs used to mine too, but when FPGAs released (later ASICs released), mining with a PC wouldn't be efficient because of competing ASICs (and electricity fees).</p>

<p>Currently Bitmain (shop.bitmain.com) is the most preferred ASIC manufacturer, but it looks like it may not stay so, in a 6-12 months. (The most popular ASIC is Antminer S9, $1500, currently.)</p>

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2017-10-23T17:03:45.790Z
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<p>I'm totally new to crypto currency mining and I have a picture where there is a rack of computers mining cryptocurrencies (supposedly). I'd like to know what computers are those and maybe availability and pricing.</p>

<p>I tried to ask on meta about whether this question is suitable to Bitcoin SE, but I got a message saying that I need at least 5 points of reputation :(</p>

<p>This is the picture I'm talking about:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/382WN.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/382WN.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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I can't see any cabling that would power these or connect them to a network, so I'm left wondering if they are really operating.
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What computers are those in the picture?
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# What computers are those in the picture?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-23)

I'm totally new to crypto currency mining and I have a picture where there is a rack of computers mining cryptocurrencies (supposedly). I'd like to know what computers are those and maybe availability and pricing.

I tried to ask on meta about whether this question is suitable to Bitcoin SE, but I got a message saying that I need at least 5 points of reputation :(

This is the picture I'm talking about:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/382WN.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/382WN.jpg)

**Tags:** mining-hardware

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I can't see any cabling that would power these or connect them to a network, so I'm left wondering if they are really operating.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-23. Score: 1

These are **A**pplication **S**pecific **I**ntegrated **C**ircuit(s), a computer that is designed for Bitcoin mining. PCs used to mine too, but when FPGAs released (later ASICs released), mining with a PC wouldn't be efficient because of competing ASICs (and electricity fees).

Currently Bitmain (shop.bitmain.com) is the most preferred ASIC manufacturer, but it looks like it may not stay so, in a 6-12 months. (The most popular ASIC is Antminer S9, $1500, currently.)


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