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H370 Cryptocurrency Mining Motherboard, ASUS launched the H370 cryptocurrency mining motherboard on May 30, which can support up to 20 GPUs (graphics cards), and will be available in North America in the third quarter of 2018.
according toaccording toASUS official website
Introduction, the main features of this mining motherboard are:
1. Compared with the B250 Mining Expert (supporting 19 GPUs) released by ASUS in December last year, the setting of supporting 20 GPUs can improve mining efficiency;
2. The H370 replaces the pciex1 slot of the B250 with a vertical PCIe interface. These ports allow the USB interface cable to be directly inserted into the motherboard, which not only reduces parts but also simplifies the connection process.
3. The H370 has a built-in monitoring system that allows users to track the status of the 20 GPUs inserted into it, thereby reducing the difficulty of problem diagnosis and reducing downtime.
4. In addition, the motherboard also supports UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) adjustments to ensure that some mining-related settings can be optimized from the box rather than manually adjusted.
Previously, ASUS launched the B250 Mining Expert (mining expert) in December last year, which set a world record for installing up to 19 graphics cards.In fact, with the exception of ASUS,Nvidia and AMD Both GPU Vendors Have Their Eyes on Cryptocurrency Mining, in March this year,Motherboard maker ASRock also announced plans to sell 4 GPUs
, dedicated to digital currency mining, officially entered the GPU mining market.
Affected by the cryptocurrency craze in September last year, as hardware chips commonly used to mine digital currencies such as Ethereum (ETH) and Monero (monero), the market demand for GPUs has soared, and the revenue of its manufacturers Nvidia and AMD A rising tide lifts all boats.According to AMD’s financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 released in April this year, AMD’s revenue in the first quarter was US$1.647 billion, a year-on-year increase of 40%; its net profit was US$81 million, which turned losses into profits compared with the same period last year. According to AMDs chief financial officer,。
Digital currency mining related business contributed approximately 10% of revenue for the quarterSimilarly, Nvidia’s first-quarter financial report released after the U.S. stock market in May showed that Nvidia’s operating income from OEM and IP in the quarter increased by 148% year-on-year.
About 75% of the income is related to digital currency mining.However, coincidentally, the two GPU manufacturers both predict that the revenue of digital currency in the second quarter will be。
Moderate declineThe reason may be that
The cooling of the cryptocurrency boom and the impact of Bitmain’s launch of Ethereum ASIC mining machines.
The sharp volatility of cryptocurrency prices, coupled with the further escalation of global regulations on cryptocurrencies since 2018, has made the demand for cryptocurrency mining unstable. If there is no new product launch, it is very likely to lead to a decline in market share.
In addition, the digital currency mining giant Bitmain has been rumored to release the Antminer E3 mining model for Ethereum since February this year. This rumor was officially confirmed in April, and the first batch of pre-sales is now It has been sold out and will be shipped in July this year. The price is 800 US dollars, or about 5038.96 yuan.Compared with traditional graphics card mining, Bitmains dedicated ASIC chips are more cost-effective.
Antminer E3
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