AMD is developing a graphics card for mining ETH – Bits Media

Following the main competitor, Nvidia, AMD may release a dedicated graphics card for ETH mining. For this, the manufacturer will make changes to the Navi video card. 12.

According to publication
PC Gamer, Navi graphics card 12, which was presented by AMD exclusively for MacBook Pro from Apple, can be re -profiled for mining ETH. There will be no video outputs in the new version of the card - it will not be used for games.

AMD has not yet made an official statement about the release of a specialized mining card. but, based on published information
On updating the AMDGPU nucleus driver, PC Gamer suggests, that the new characteristics of the Navi video card 12 Make it an ideal candidate for mining ETH.

In January, information appeared, What NVIDIA is considering
The possibility of resuming video cards, specialized for mining cryptocurrencies, If they are in demand. At the same time, Nvidia decided
at the program level to fight a shortage of video cards, which redeem miners, and develop a special series of mining chips.

Despite the growing profitability of ETH mining, Jon Peddie Research recently warned
from investing in high -performance graphics cards for ETH production. Analysts of the company note, that these expensive video cards will become useless, As soon as Ethereum switches to consensus evidence of a share (PoS):

«Ethereum, The most profitable mining coin on video cards, Very soon it will go to the version 2.0, what will make video cards useless. It would be very stupid to invest in high -performance energy -intensive video cards for cryptocurrency mining ".

Recall, that the first phase of the etherium 2.0 - "Signal chain" (Beacon Chain) - It was launched
1 December 2020 of the year. The possibilities of the etherium 2.0 will expand as the following phases deployed.