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Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by throwaway1777 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:53PM (#26186188)
You do realize there is a global chip shortage right now? It’s not as easy as clicking a button in ec2 to suddenly make more gpus.
Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by Der_Einzige on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:22PM (#26189689)
Sounds like a good opportunity for the US to significantly expand its domestic chap manufacturing industry. I don't care if the lag time is 5 years or more before the first chip rolls off the production lines - because I don't anticipate demand for chips will significantly reduce in the future.
Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by anonisko on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:40PM (#26189831)
Related, https://www.epsilontheory.com/taiwan-is-now-arrakis/

Development of domestic chip manufacturing might even start to become a national security concern, leading to even more money flowing in on top of the money coming from crypto miners.

Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by Tenoke on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:08PM (#26187116)
This has been going on for half a decade. Yes, it's not as easy as ec2 but it's not a problem that money can't help with solving faster.
Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by reducesuffering on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:34PM (#26189336)
TSM is slammed with chip demand from Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, and others. Like, 100% booked for the next year or two. They have been heavily investing in state of the art manufacturing facilities for decades and it's still not enough.
Re:Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3... by reader_mode on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:13PM (#26189614)
Nvidia is using Samsung for 3xxx series cards