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The article date predates the Bitcoin spike of the end of the 2017. Furthermore, aren't cryptocurrencies more of a niche hobby than an actual growing field in t
by distances 8y ago
The article date predates the Bitcoin spike of the end of the 2017. Furthermore, aren't cryptocurrencies more of a niche hobby than an actual growing field in the industry?
- stingraycharles 8y agoYes but it would be worth mentioning when explaining Nvidia’s surge in income rather than attributing it solely to AI/ML. But yes the article predates that.
- zrobotics 8y agoThey're a growing niche right now, and are impacting gpu availability quite strongly, but AMD/Nvidia are both quite rightly worried. If ethereum drops, or someone cracks ASIC mining (nobody mines bit coin w/ gpus anymore, but some currencies were designed with ASIC resistant algorithms) then demand could plummet overnight and literal tons of cards would show up used. Sure, ML has been a growing field, and I don't see that changing overnight, but basing a long-term business and trillion dollar fabs on crypto would be insanity. Although I wouldn't call mining a niche hobby, there are some fairly sizeable commercial operators.
- whatsstolat 8y agoJust had a great idea for NVidia: Pay per usage graphics cards. Card is cheaper but you pay a monthly fee based on usage. Gets extra revenue from the Cryptos, plus ensures a revenue base if cards become cheap again. Just because its physical doesn't mean you can't go the way of azure, aws etc.