POWER9 Could Be a Game Changer for Cryptocurrency Mining

Re:POWER9 Could Be a Game Changer for Cryptocurrency Mining by peatmoss on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @10:56PM (#15649823)

Man, I’d sure love to see the costs of POWER chips come down a bit, given the Intel Management Engine and AMD’s equivalent. A good general purpose CPU that doesn’t contain a backdoor is great, but it looks like getting a workstation will run you >4k$

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Re:POWER9 Could Be a Game Changer for Cryptocurrency Mining by torpcoms on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @11:51PM (#15659957)

Ideally mining usage could help drive volume for economies of scale, or at least provide a good used market once this particular boom dies down.

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