Q1 2018 set to be the best GPU quarter ever
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 07 February 2018 00:12

Q1 2018 set to be the best GPU quarter ever


Crypto demand

We shouldn't  be surprised, but  GPU sales have skyrocketed over the last few quarters. Our colleagues from the press have criticized AMD for Radeon Vega, but AMD sold every single one. Once the market sucked all Radeons, it went for Geforce GTX 1060, 1070, 1080 so pretty much anything that can mine well.

Europe set to clamp down on Bitcoins
Published in News
Monday, 04 December 2017 11:48

Europe set to clamp down on Bitcoins


Cryptocurrencies used for money laundering, claim

European Union and United Kingdom regulators will take action to prevent trading in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency being conducted under conditions of anonymity, amid claims that people are hopping on the bandwagon to finance drug dealing, terrorism and money laundering.

Celebs warned against peddling cryptocurrencies
Published in News
Thursday, 02 November 2017 15:57

Celebs warned against peddling cryptocurrencies


Because they might go to jail

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a blunt warning on celebrities using social media to buy stocks and other investments related to the promotion of Initial Coin Offerings

Nvidia predicts fully autonomous cars in four years
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But forget about the cryptocurrency miners


Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said artificial intelligence would enable fully automated cars within four years, but played down a demand for its chips from cryptocurrency miners.

Bitcoin hits $6,000 while mining peaks
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 10:26

Bitcoin hits $6,000 while mining peaks


Crypto GPU market here to stay

AMD and Nvidia are heavily profitinging from the crypto market right now. Today, a few quarters into the whole Bitcoin and Ethereum, it looks like the cryptocurrencies are here to stay.

Switzerland shuts down fake cryptocurrency
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017 11:34

Switzerland shuts down fake cryptocurrency


In the good old days all you had to worry about was Nazi gold


Switzerland’s financial watchdog FINMA has closed down what it said was the provider of "a fake" cryptocurrency and is investigating around a dozen other similar "fraud" cases.

AMD's CEO underlines why gaming is important
Published in Graphics


But most GPUs are sold to miners

Lisa Su was asked at Q2'17 investors conference call about the mining market and she was brave enough to say that the company didn’t plan its financials on the mining market boom. This sales tsunami did give AMD a great quarter,  but at the expense that plucky gamers could not buy any cards.

AMD selling MXM GPUs to miners
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 10:26

AMD selling MXM GPUs to miners


At the right quality and price

There is no doubt that AMD GPU profits are coming from bitcoin miners and AMD is taking advantage of this sudden interest. 

Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 23:02

Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard


With 12 PCIe slots

With cryptocurrency mining creating havoc on the GPU market, Biostar is looking to cash in on the craze by releasing a motherboard based on Intel's B250 chipset and with no less than 12 PCI-Express slots, the TB250-BTC Pro.

AMD has massive shortage of 500 series
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 15 June 2017 13:46

AMD has massive shortage of 500 series


Don’t hope to get one soon

Miners of the modern world are using the Radeon and Geforce cards to dig the ore called Ethereum.