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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by quickthrower2 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:09PM (#30608604)
I wonder how it compares for crypto mining, and if that group would be buying these up
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by tenuousemphasis on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:04PM (#30609167)
Poorly compared to an ASIC which has the SHA-256 algorithm encoded as hardware circuits. Maybe better than GPUs when it comes to mining Ethereum or others where ASICs aren't as prevalent.
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by wyager on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:06AM (#30611146)
If you're mining crypto you want 95% of your capex to go to graphics cards/ASICs, not to RAM+NICs+CPU+case+etc.
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