Do the hardware manufacturers even realize what the bitcoin difficulty is lately? We need asic miners that perform in the > 4th/s range at this point.

"Do the hardware manufacturers even realize what the bitcoin difficulty is lately?"  I can assure you that manufacturers know what the difficulty is.  what's the point of this question?

who is "we" ? large mining operations or individual miners?  say, if at home, do you think you actually have an outlet to handle a 4th/s piece of equipment from any manufacturer today?

That's a good point, thanks. I think though someone said there are 4 blades per unit for a total of 8 units. Some datacenters don't really like having people putting in units with exposed pcb/s though.  Good for the home market though.

What is the temp range the BE200's are running at on the rig you have?

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Sorry yeah I see it - could do with bolding

and that was the point of FC not talking alot those last 3-4 months. stfu, work and boom. magic. ^^

Anyone (FC/bitquan/dogie/CanaryInTheMine ) making a video showing the box-to-boot from parts for the AM Tube ?  As the saying goes:  'a picture is worth one thousand words'; a video could help show the relationship (and quantity) of components and the 'beauty' of the design and so help some buyers estimate the assembly cost/time.

The assembly could include references to the handy tools and extras (thermal paste? non slip pads/tape for the front/back panels, screws, fan grill for the pretty version?,  typical PSU) that could or would be needed but are not for sold by AM as part of the package.

I think the be200 chip is 40nm.
Anybody know what the be300 chip will be?
28nm, 20nm...

Hard to say exactly as there are no on die temp probes, but from the pcb temp probes on other BE200 units, hot. And from the exhaust temps of the air, very, very hot. There should probably be a warning sticker on the end away from the fan not to touch the units as they're too hot to touch (including the aluminium stand) when running.