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Re:Nvidia, ASML Plunge as DeepSeek Triggers Tech Stock Selloff by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 27, 2025 @11:14PM (#42848755)
Did ASICs beat CUDA out in crypto coin mining? Not the benchmark I really care about, but if things slow down in AI (they probably won’t) ASICs could probably take over some of it.
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Re:Nvidia, ASML Plunge as DeepSeek Triggers Tech Stock Selloff by nly on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @03:35AM (#42850139)
Well in the case of Bitcoin it's just one simple hash function. ASICs were inevitable.
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