May 23, 2018
GMO Internet Group Offers GMO miner B2, The World’s First Mining Machine Equipped with Mining Chips Using a Cutting-Edge 7 nm Process Technology: Holding information session for potential customers on Wednesday, June 6
- GMO Internet, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan – May 23, 2018 – GMO Internet Group (https://www.gmo.jp/en/ ) will launch GMO miner B2, which is our own high-performance computer for mining (mining machine), on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. We will mass-produce the world’s first mining machine equipped with a cutting-edge 7 nm* process based semiconductor chip (7 nm mining chip; “GMO 72b”), which will be shipped at the end of October 2018. As a result, an information session for potential customers considering the purchase of GMO miner B2 will be held on Wednesday, June 6 in Shibuya, Tokyo, and we will explain the details of GMO miner B2, such as price and performance.
*nm: nanometer. 1/1 billion meters. 1/1 million millimeters.
Selling “GMO miner B2”
Cryptocurrency mining requires high-performance mining machines enabling highly sophisticated and intensive computation. Accordingly, GMO Internet Group has been working on research and development of a cutting-edge 7 nm mining chip since September 2017, and now realized its own high-performance mining machine GMO miner B2 equipped with 7 nm mining chip. Now that the mass production of GMO miner B2 is within reach, in addition to introducing some GMO miner B2 to the in-house mining, we will offer the others to potential customers who are planning to mine. GMO miner B2 will be shipped at the end of October 2018.
▲ GMO miner B2
Information session
GMO Internet Group will launch GMO miner B2 on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Information session for potential customers considering the purchase of GMO miner B2 will be held on the above date, and we will explain the details of GMO miner B2, such as price, performance, and quantity.
| Date | 6/6/2018 (Wed) 10:30AM-12:00PM (Registration starts at 10AM) |
| Place | Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel B2F Ball Room 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
| Target | Potential customers of GMO miner B2 |
| Registration | Please register from the form below. URL: https://gmominer.z.com/ |
| Note | - Please bring your business card or an ID. - Information session for potential customers of a cloud mining service Z.com Cloud Mining will also be held on the above date. Please refer to the URL below for more details. URL: https://cloudmining.z.com/ |
*Please note that the information session is in Japanese and English translations of any materials will be made available on the above website after June 6.
■Mining machine “GMO miner B2” (https://gmominer.z.com/ )
| Product name | GMO miner B2 |
| Launch date | 6/6/2018 (Wed) |
| Delivery | At the end of October 2018 (tentative) |
| Note | We will explain the details of GMO miner B2, such as price, performance, and specification, at the information session. |
GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is an Internet services industry leader, developing and operating Japan’s most widely used domain, hosting & cloud, ecommerce, security, and payment solutions. The Group also includes the world’s largest online FX trading platform, as well as online advertising, Internet media, and cryptocurrency related services. GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit https://www.gmo.jp/en/ .
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We correct it as below.
Incorrect: "GMO miner"
Correct: "GMO miner B2"