5 ms·
Would Nvidia's shortages also fall in this bucket?
by Drew_ 6y ago
Would Nvidia's shortages also fall in this bucket?
- 91edec 6y agoNvidia used samsung. Rumor has it that their shortage is because they sold their cards directly to cryptominers.
- Renaud 6y agoI believe this was debunked. The sales to cryptominers only represents a few percents of the total.
- gameswithgo 6y agoThat is stuff angry gamer kids make up to find a reason to be mad. The reality is that manufacturing is generally slowed due to covid, and demand is generally high due to covid, and nobody can keep up.
- awiesenhofer 6y agoIs mining on GPUs still something people do? Or can be done anywhere near profitable? I got the impression with ASICs that game was up.
- badLiveware 6y agoIt's for ASIC resistant currencies I believe
- sushibowl 6y agoNvidia's RTX 3000 line is manufactured by Samsung, not TSMC.
- alibert 6y agoWe know more about Nvidia shortage on 3000 series: Samsung wafer, substrates and components (maybe the GDDR6X memory chip which only Micron can make). [1] https://www.techpowerup.com/275530/nvidia-rtx-30-series-shortages-partly-caused-by-insufficient-wafer-substrate-and-component-supply https://www.techpowerup.com/275530/nvidia-rtx-30-series-shor...
- TomVDB 6y agoAll rumors about low supply 3000 series are debunked by looking at their quarterly revenue results and the Steam ranking that was released yesterday. (See my other reply.)