From 3e77f1adf535b714a1c25c8e77a71886ff9aca41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: igneum-labs <337424239+igneum-labs@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 07:59:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Counter ASIC 3.0 status: the 5090 draws about 290 W at the hash, cap floor 400 W, clocks are the lever (item 8's job) --- docs/plans/counter-asic-3-status.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/plans/counter-asic-3-status.md b/docs/plans/counter-asic-3-status.md index db27ce033..4ea6ec77d 100644 --- a/docs/plans/counter-asic-3-status.md +++ b/docs/plans/counter-asic-3-status.md @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Either replaces "under 2x" on the site and in the litepaper once the project lea | Item | Owed | Why | |---|---|---| -| 1 | the 5090's watts at the hash alone and under a cap (Ember Tune rows requested; the 5 October PC 2 sweep as the second source); every DRAM energy figure is a streaming figure applied to random reads; the 9070 XT rows | PC 1 not released; no chip measured | +| 1 | the 5090's watts at the hash alone: the Ember Tune run of 07:21 to 07:56Z produced no 5090 step (its second engine never mined; re-run pending the project lead); the 4 October PC 1 log (miner-eff record, run win-ae432dc7-20261004-164723) gives p95 290 W at 124 MH/s in the app under a 460 W limit, and the card's cap floor is 400 W, so a power cap CANNOT bind on this kernel: item 1's 326 W denominator is a peak with the prover on, the hash alone is about 290 W (2.34 microjoules at 124 MH/s), and the lever that can move the watts is the core clock, now in item 8's PC 2 job (`-lgc` steps at 2,781 / 2,472 / 2,163 / 1,854 MHz); every DRAM energy figure is a streaming figure applied to random reads; the 9070 XT rows | PC 1 not released; no chip measured | | 4 | the 9070 XT rate band for the detector; the coinbase card-model tag (0.3.12) so the chain-attributed band needs no fleet log; the public testnet's first-week baseline (history check 2) | PC 1 not released; a miner change | | 5 | a rented FPGA hour (the soft-overlay reads-in-flight number is a model on cited HBM figures) | no FPGA in the fleet | | 6 | the 9070 XT step costs | PC 1 not released |