The year 2017 was marked by the massive use of graphics cards to support the mining activities and among others, high-end GPU to enhance the security of operations. Spare parts and IT vendors are aware of the importance of product development for the emerging market, which has driven ASUS to make a motherboard capable of supporting up to 20 graphics cards (GPUs).
Develop better materials for cryptocurrency miners
ASUS, a Taiwanese firm specializing in the manufacture of computer components and laptops, will offer a new motherboard called H370 Mining Master. It can accommodate up to 20 GPUs. It is created a few months after B250 Mining Expert, the first ASUS product dedicated to mining.
Although the new motherboard allows miners to earn more, the company intends to make mining easier for large-scale mining operations. The H370 Mining Master will be available for purchase in the 3rd quarter of 2018 in North America.
It's important to have as much GPU as possible on a mining platform for strategic reasons, ASUS explains :
"Mining is a numbers game, it's worth it if the value of the cryptocurrency you generate exceeds the cost of production. Increasing the number of graphics cards per node is a great way to turn the game in your favor. This allows you to allocate more of your hardware and power budget to GPUs that create wealth rather than to motherboards, CPUs, and other system components that serve as support. "However, this acquisition has disadvantages as well. With so many GPUs linked to a single platform, if the motherboard fails, none of the GPUs will work properly. This can lead to financial losses depending on the duration of the shutdown.
Strong demand and tough competition
Normally, only one motherboard can accommodate up to 20 graphics cards. But ASUS has been able to provide an ingenious solution for implementing PCI-E connections. Minors can make specific settings for cryptocurrency extraction and the new H370 motherboard can be connected to computers with a simple USB cable.
The B250 Mining Expert has met with great success. The hardware giant made a statement about this:The ASUS B250 Mining Expert has made ambitious mining farms more accessible and operations within the industry more efficient. It was a huge success, sales far exceeded the expectations of the company.ASUS also noted in a press release:
As the concept has been proven in practice with a better understanding of the needs of minors, we have redefined the formula for a second generation.There was a shortage of GPUs due to the strong demand for minors in 2017 , when the popularity of crypto-currencies was at its height. The digital currency mining s has messed the graphics market, where high-end GPU reached hundreds of dollars.
However, competition is increasing day by day with new ways of reducing costs while increasing mining capacity. NVIDIA and AMD collaborate to build their own virtual currency mining ASICs to compete with existing Bitcoin mining companies.
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