Designing the Intel-based ePIC Blockminer | Jim Seto | The Mining Pod
Channel: Compass Mining
Date: 2023-06-13

Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making mining rigs in North America.

https://epicblockchain.io

Jim Seto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-seto-663149a
Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Start
01:26 Jim Seto Background
02:35 From chip fabrication to BTC
04:44 What is Epic?
08:19 The semiconductor landscape
13:09 Design vs. chip density
16:01 Nanometer are mostly marketing
19:37 Cost vs efficiency
21:55 Shipping before it's ready
24:03 Epic products
27:38 Intel partnership
30:51 Just buying chip challenges
34:30 Growing in a bear market
38:40 Geopolitics
41:35 Fabricators opinion of BTC mining

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