GPU

Bitcoin's price stuck close to $19K (Getty Images)

Markets

First mover

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Sticks Near $19K; the Most ‘Profitable’ Mining GPU Makes You Back Your Money in 3 Years

Ether and other major cryptos spend much of the weekend in the red to close a turbulent week.

Sep 26, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 26, 2022

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Finance

The merge

EVGA to Stop Making Graphics Cards After Ethereum Merge Citing Nvidia 'Mistreatment'

The move comes as graphics card add-in board manufacturers post weaker financials as demand dries up due to Ethereum’s transition away from proof-of-work mining.

By Sam Reynolds

Sep 19, 2022 at 6:38 a.m. UTC

Sep 19, 2022

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An Asus graphics card. (Joseph Greve/Unsplash)

Technology

Ether

GPUs Get Cheaper as Ethereum’s Switch to Proof-of-Stake Gets Closer

The network's planned switch to PoS has been pushing prices for graphics cards down.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Apr 25, 2022 at 11:04 a.m. UTC

Apr 25, 2022

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Finance

Cloud

AMD-Backed Blockchain Project Amassing 20K GPUs but Won't Say Why

Following a seed funding round, AMD and Consensys-backed W3BCLOUD is tripling its GPU capacity for a range of new blockchain functions they don't want to discuss – yet.

By Paddy Baker

Jun 25, 2020 at 9:16 a.m. UTC

Jun 25, 2020

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Markets

Asics

Grin Developers Agree to Alter Technical Development Roadmap

Developers behind the cryptocurrency Grin agreed to hold off on changes to planned proof-of-work updates for the foreseeable future.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jun 27, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 27, 2019

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Markets

Research

Crypto Market Downturn Puts Drag on High-End GPU Prices

New research suggests that prices for high-end graphics cards – coveted by both cryptocurrency miners and gamers alike – are falling.

By Muyao Shen

Jul 11, 2018 at 8:45 p.m. UTC

Jul 11, 2018

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Markets

Nvidia

Nvidia CEO: GPU Production Boost Needed Because of Crypto Miners

Nvidia must produce more graphics processing units to offset demand from crypto miners, says its CEO.

By Annaliese Milano

Mar 26, 2018 at 5:50 p.m. UTC

Mar 26, 2018

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Markets

Mining

Like It or Not: Public Companies Are Feeling the Crypto Mining Boom

Public companies like AMD and Nvidia are benefiting from a surge in cryptocurrency mining, but analysts say they may not be ready to commit long-term.

By Aaron Stanley

Sep 26, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 26, 2017