The A6 LTC Master is suitable for crypto mining based on the Scrypt algorithm. The official parameters are a top hash rate of 1.23Gh/s (+/- 8%) and power consumption of 1500W(+/- 8%) at an operating temperature of 25°C. Each twin parts of the miner has four hash boards sharing one controller. From above, you can see the miner controllers, and each hash board comes with the standard two PCI-E 6pin power interface and data cables.
The top controller is the data cable, a 4 pin power cable, and a power supply unit for the controller from right to left. At the miner's back, each hash board's power interface is on the top, and the two fans for cooling at the bottom for cooling. The data cables have a buckle design that provides tight contact for steady data transfer and prevents wear and tear.
Cooling and Temperature
The cooling method is an essential feature of ASIC miners due to the devices' high input and efficiency. Miners have the potential of overheating while working. Manufacturers like Innosilicon curb overheating by equipping miners with adequate cooling methods. The A6 LTC Master has four 12cm 12C3.4A fans, two at the front and two at the back. This fan arrangement is like the A9 ZMaster fan arrangement is quite efficient in reducing overheating.
The fans in the front handle the air inlet. Thanks to the high-speed fans, the A6 LTC Master has an effective heat dissipation with relatively small temperature differences at the front and rear sides. The indoor temperature during the day is about 15℃ and 8℃ at night.
When the A6 LTC Master is in stable mining mode, the hash boards' average temperature is about 39℃, and the air inlet temperature is around 20℃. The air outlet temperature is about 23℃.
Algorithm
The A6 LTCMaster works with the Script algorithm. Litecoin is mined on the Scrypt algorithm. Scrypt is a hashing algorithm that is used on Proof of Work blockchains. It is a memory-hard key-derivation function. This kind of process requires a large quantity of RAM for computation. That means an ASIC chip used for computing Bitcoin's SHA-256 Proof of Work (PoW) would need to keep an amount of space for RAM instead of hashing power.