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Kamala Harris Pledges to Support Digital Assets — ‘We Will Cut Needless Bureaucracy’

September 23, 2024 Bitcoin.com

Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to support innovative technologies like artificial intelligence and digital assets while ensuring consumer and investor protection. Her remarks, highlighting AI and cryptocurrency as key aspects of her economic vision, marked her first direct statement on cryptocurrency as the Democratic nominee. Kamala Harris Backs AI and Cryptocurrency at Major Fundraiser […]

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Nvidia delays next gen AI chip as investors issue ‘bubble’ warning

August 3, 2024 Coin Telegraph

Amazon

After briefly breaking the $3 trillion market capitalization mark in June, things have taken a negative turn for the world’s most valuable chipmaker.

Nvidia’s highly anticipated “Blackwell” B-200 artificial intelligence chip will reportedly be delayed, sending the near-term future of the entire AI industry into a state of uncertainty.

Tech news outlet The Information claims that a Microsoft employee and at least two other people familiar with the situation have stated that the new chip’s launch date has been pushed back by at least three months due to a design flaw.

While Nvidia hadn’t given a public launch date, CEO Jensen Huang recently announced that the company would begin sending engineering samples “this week” on July 31 at the SIGGRAPH event in Denver, Colorado.

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Jack Dorsey’s Block Targets Chip Advancement With 3nm Bitcoin ASIC Mining Rig

April 23, 2024 Bitcoin.com

3nm

On Tuesday, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Block, took to X to announce that the company is “building a mining rig.” Dorsey also shared a blog post authored by Block’s lead for mining hardware products, Naoise Irwin. The post revealed enhancements in the chip design, upgrading from the initially planned 5-nanometer (nm) process to an […]

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Reports Say Beijing Attacking Taiwan Could Lead to ‘Far-Reaching Economic Consequences’

August 2, 2022 Bitcoin.com

‘One China’ rule

While the global economy remains gloomy and the war in Ukraine continues, there’s been significant tension between China and Taiwan. The American representative from California, Nancy Pelosi, plans to visit Taiwan this week and White House officials say China is preparing to carry out “military provocations.” Moreover, during the last few weeks, reports note that […]

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Report Claims Samsung Is Producing 3nm ASIC Chips — Speculators Assume First Customer Is a Bitcoin Mining Rig Manufacturer

June 30, 2022 Bitcoin.com

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The electronics giant and largest corporation in South Korea, Samsung, is in the midst of creating 3-nanometer (3nm) semiconductors for a Chinese application-specific IC firm, sources have said. The new chip design has caused speculation among the crypto community that it’s possible Samsung may be creating application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for bitcoin miners. Sources Say […]

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Russian Bitcoin Mining Assessed Amid Conflict With Ukraine, Large ETH Pool Cancels Service to Russia

February 25, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Biden Administration

With the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, many observers are curious about the large quantity of hashrate located in Russia, as the region reportedly controls the third-largest sum of SHA256 hashpower worldwide. Furthermore, on February 24, the ethereum mining operation Flexpool announced it has halted services to Russia entirely. “We apologize to our Russian miners; […]

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Report: Intel Reveals ‘Bonanza Mine BMZ1’ Blockchain Accelerator Mining Chip

February 21, 2022 Bitcoin.com

7nm process

Last week the California-based technology company Intel explained its intentions to develop crypto mining semiconductors that would showcase “1000x better performance per watt.” Now Intel has revealed more details about the “Bonanza Mine” (BMZ1) blockchain accelerator chip at this year’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). Intel’s Bonanza Mine Crypto Chip Products Introduced at ISSCC Information […]

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Intel to Develop Crypto Mining Accelerators, Claims Circuits Will Deliver ‘1000x Better Performance per Watt’

February 12, 2022 Bitcoin.com

accelerators

The California-based technology company and the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, Intel, has revealed the company will “contribute to the development of blockchain technologies” by offering “energy-efficient accelerators.” Intel executive Raja M. Koduri explained that the company expects its circuit innovations will deliver “1000x better performance per watt” than today’s GPU or SHA256-based […]

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Global Chip Shortage Looms Over Bitcoin Mining Industry, ASIC Supply Tightens

January 28, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Antminer S19 Pro+ Hyd.

While Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above 175 exahash per second (EH/s) and recently reached an all-time high, a global shortage of semiconductor chips could slow the growing industry. The shortfall of supply worldwide has disrupted major industries, and manufacturers like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) have seen stocks sink in value. At […]

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Report: ASIC Giant Bitmain Pre-Orders 5nm Chips Produced by TSMC’s N5 Process

May 16, 2021 Bitcoin.com

5nm

Bitmain, one of the largest application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufacturers in the world, is reportedly working with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in order to leverage TSMC’s 5nm semiconductors. Industry sources say that the 5nm chips being created for Bitmain will start production in the third quarter. Chip Maker TSMC Reportedly Producing Semiconductors for […]

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