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Cryptocurrency Ecosystem => Crypto currency Mining => Topic started by: Crestie C. Tuvilla on May 23, 2018, 01:57:41 AM

Title: Why Mining Chips Are A Fickle Revenue Stream
Post by: Crestie C. Tuvilla on May 23, 2018, 01:57:41 AM
For companies such as AMD and Nvidia, which have dominant positions in the gaming chip market, a focus away from their core business may not be a prudent course of action.

As seen, these companies may have to bring out new GPUs designed exclusively for this purpose to pose a real threat to the ASIC chips, which are predominantly manufactured by the Chinese, who are notorious for their low-cost market positioning. How viable is the spend on such exclusive chips is a moot point.