Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis

Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis by MisterSandman on Sunday February 27, 2022 @02:38PM (#30491749)

The main difference is that gamers are consumers, while ETH miners use GPUs to make income. Even though gamers were buying scalped GPUs, I'd imagine GPUs going to back to being treated as a consumable (rather than something that generates income) would help prices.

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Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis by jedberg on Sunday February 27, 2022 @02:55PM (#30491887)

Companies using GPUs to train models are also using them to make money. They will pick up the slack the miners leave behind.

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Re:Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis by MisterSandman on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:26PM (#30496037)

I think you're overestimating hoe many companies use GPUs to train models, I highly doubt there are enough to drive prices up the way crypto had.

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