AMD

Bitcoin

Inevitable Bust? GPU Makers See Crypto Mining as Short-Term Sales Boost

Interest in crypto mining has boosted the revenue of GPU makers at a time that's traditionally their slowest. But some fear the boom won't last.

Tech  ·  1 September 2017
Mining

New AMD Graphics Card Sells Out In Minutes Amid Crypto Mining Boom

AMD's new graphics card is already sold out, a development that comes as cryptocurrency miners seek the latest GPUs to power their mines.

Tech  ·  30 August 2017
Ethereum

AMD Releases New Software Package for Cryptocurrency Mining

Graphics card (GPU) maker AMD is rolling out a new software driver geared specifically toward cryptocurrency mining.

Tech  ·  16 August 2017
Ethereum

AMD: Cryptocurrency Mining Isn’t ‘A Long-Term Growth Driver’

Chip maker AMD has seen its sales buoyed in recent months by big demand for graphics cards by cryptocurrency miners.

Tech  ·  28 July 2017
Bitcoin

New Radeon Launches Just in Time for No Miner to Care

AMD has launched its fastest graphics card to date, but scrypt miners are unlikely to care, argues Nermin Hajdarbegovic.

Tech  ·  12 April 2014
Bitcoin

The CoinDesk Mining Roundup: Useless Servers, Legal Aid and Scrypt Miners

The CoinDesk Roundup looks at a novel mining experiment, legal assistance for student innovators and the latest mining kit.

Tech  ·  3 March 2014