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Report: Nvidia’s Lite Hash Rate Tech to Stop Crypto Miners ‘Was Pointless’
29.1.2022
In mid-May 2021, the American multinational technology company Nvidia Corporation revealed that it added a hashrate limiter to curb the use of cryptocurrency mining with its graphics processing units (GPUs). However, crypto miners now say the move was pointless, and the mining organization Nicehash...
High-End PC Graphics Cards Get A Little Cheaper As Crypto Tanks
25.1.2022
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card you’ve been after to complete your “Extreme Gaming PC” build is still in short supply but finally getting slightly cheaper. That’s thanks to a drop in crypto mining participation as the value of Bitcoin and other blockchain currencies plummet ahead of what...
Individual ETH miner hits jackpot with $540K block reward
20.1.2022
An individual miner defied the odds and managed to collect 168 ETH from a solo mining pool this week worth 42 times the average block reward
Intel to reveal new energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC at next ISSCC
18.1.2022
The proposed "Bonanza Mine" promises to be a new, viable option to compete against traditional mining rigs
AMD potichu uvedlo notebookové čipy Barcelo. Výkon CPU rostl na úkor GPU
7.1.2022
AMD na CESu představilo nová notebooková APU rodiny Rembrandt využívající 6nm výrobu, vylepšená procesorová jádra Zen 3+, grafiku RDNA 2, podporu DDR5 a PCIe 4.0. Vedle toho ale přišly ještě tři novinky řady Barcelo, které vycházejí z loňských APU Cezanne.
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Není na čem hrát. Grafické karty se kradou z obchodů, kamionů i továren
21.12.2021
Sucho v oblasti herních grafických karet nebere konce a vzácnosti tohoto zboží si všímají už i zločinci. Vedle obav obchodníků z toho, že lidé budou vytahovat komponenty z vystavených počítačů, se dějí třeba i vykrádačky obřích objemů
Windows 11 usnadní práci s videem. DirectX 12 zavádí GPU akceleraci
9.12.2021
Microsoft včera oznámil, že do DirectX 12 přidal Video Encoding API. Nové programové rozhraní má jednodušeji propojit hardwarové enkodéry videa se softwarovými střižnami a nástroji pro převod formátů. Podobné API už ve Windows je dlouhé roky pro dekódování (přehrávání) videa.
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Intel do ovladačů přidal 32 nových GPU. Jde o přípravu na mobilní procesory Alder Lake
5.11.2021
Intel vypustil do světa nové procesory Core 12. generace (Alder Lake-S), jde však zatím jen o desktopové modely, které jsou jak ve variantách bez, tak i s integrovanou grafikou Xe (Gen12.2). Už ale probíhají přípravy na mobilní čipy, což ukazuje i aktualizace ovladačů, kterou
Intel Says CPU And GPU Shortages May Last Until 2023
24.10.2021
Bad news to folks out there trying to get a new console like the PS5 or a fancy, more powerful graphics card for their aging PC. According to Intel, the ongoing semiconductor shortage will continue to make it hard to find and buy new electronics well into 2023. Read more
Northern Data AG Acquires Bitcoin Miner Bitfield — 33,000 Miners Gained in Stock-for-Stock Deal
28.9.2021
On Monday, the high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure provider and bitcoin mining firm Northern Data AG announced the acquisition of the bitcoin mining operation Bitfield N.V. in a stock-for-stock deal. Northern Data says the company will obtain 33,000 of the latest generation ASIC bitcoin...
RTX 3090 Owner Finds Old Glove Inside $1500 GPU
23.8.2021
Imagine this. You’ve just paid a ton for a new RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU. You plug the card in, boot everything up and … wait, why is my super-expensive GPU running at 230 degrees?Read more
Nvidia fails to sell as many crypto-mining GPUs as expected in Q2
19.8.2021
The company expects a minimal contribution from its cryptocurrency mining processor sales going forward
GPU price inflation dips slightly as Ether downtrend continues
21.7.2021
With Ether sinking below $2,000, the price of graphics cards has seen a further decline from June to July
Museum of Bitcoin Mining History Opens Its Doors in Venezuela
20.7.2021
A new museum dedicated to the history of bitcoin mining opened its doors in Venezuela last weekend. The institution will allow visitors to learn about the history of cryptocurrency mining, going from its roots to the current state of the mining industry. The museum is part of a private initiative...
Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
29.6.2021
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have seen hashrates drop significantly as well. Some of the largest digital currencies, in terms of market valuation, lost considerable...
Chinese Mining Exodus Leads to ASIC and GPU Second-Market Surplus and Lower Prices
24.6.2021
While bitcoin miners in China have been scrambling, second-hand markets offering cryptocurrency mining rigs from ASICs to GPUs have been exploding with an excess surplus. Additionally, the ASIC manufacturer Bitmain suspended machine sales on Wednesday, ceasing international spot deliveries....
Nvidia GPU prices in China fall amid crypto mining crackdown
21.6.2021
Graphics card prices in China reportedly dropped as much as two-thirds on Chinese e-commerce websites
Estonian IT company inks $26M crypto mining deal with Bitmain
16.6.2021
Burfa intends to purchase new cryptocurrency mining equipment from Bitmain to boost its data-center capacity
How Many People Mined BTC Alongside Satoshi? 2010 Data Shows Bitcoin’s Creator Wasn’t the Only Mining Whale
10.6.2021
Throughout 2021, a great number of mysterious whale movements from miners who mined bitcoins in the early days have occurred. This week, 1,000 bitcoin from 2010 were transferred, and the miner has spent 11,000 bitcoin since last year. Old school whale movements like these have made some people...
Chaotic Scenes At Nvidia GPU Restock
4.6.2021
A combination of pandemic-driven shortages and the planet’s increasingly gruesome fascination with crypto-mining means it’s hard getting your hands on a new graphics card at the moment. And if you were wondering just how hard, look at this lineup—and resulting crush of humanity—outside a Micro...