Nvidia confirms that the mining boom has ended
Part of the slump in demand for graphics cards to mine, is likely due to the drop in the values of Bitcoin and other currencies, while another part is due to the new ASICs, which are specific devices for that task.
NVIDIA expects demand for graphics cards to remain high; On the one hand, there is pent-up demand due to many players being unable to get cards at decent prices, and on the other, games like Fortnite and PUBG are driving demand for new hardware.
Inno3d confirms the exclusive nvidia pascal gp102 cards for mining
We have previously discussed the existence of a new GPU based on NVIDIA's Pascal GP102 that was being designed exclusively for cryptocurrency mining. It seems that the rumors are going to turn out to be true, according to Inno3D.
Intel has a patent to accelerate bitcoin mining
An Intel-registered patent has shed some light on the company's idea of introducing a technology to improve Bitcoin mining by hardware. The patent is called the Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator which would help the mining of this coin.
Intel confirms that whiskey lake has solutions for specter / meltdown
Whiskey Lake will bring those silicon solutions to the consumer market for the first time in Specter and Meltdown exploits.
