Intel has released a new BTC mining chip with power 580 Gh / s – Bits Media

Intel Corporation announced the release of Intel Blockscale ASIC Bitcoin Mining with energy resistance function. The chip provides a hashrate 580 Gx/s during energy consumption 26 J/tx.

Intel reported on her blog, that the chip was created taking into account environmental social and managerial problems, and has significant energy resistance. This functionality is now the most important for preventing such risks, as a shutdown of electricity, pressure from the authorities, Communities or energy companies.

So, Last month, the European Union almost introduced a ban on the production of bitcoins, And the Environmental Protection Committee in New York approved the bill prohibiting cryptocurrency mining at the Proof-OF-WORK algorithm (PoW), Including bitcoin, For two years. Ripple co -founder Chris Larsen (Chris Larsen) It also supports a change in the Bitcoin consensus method.

Miners in Kazakhstan were faced with the restriction of electricity by suppliers and were forced to leave the country. The number of such threats in the world is growing and threatening the mining industry. Intel Vice President Baladzhi Kanigricla (Balaji Kanigicherla) stated, that they try to take into account the growing needs of miners.

“To support the new era of calculations, Intel offers solutions, capable of ensuring the optimal balance of the capacity of hash and energy efficiency, regardless of the operating environment of the client ", - said Kanigricla.

Intel reports, that the developers of the chip provided for "internal possibilities for measuring temperature and voltage", as well as support 256 integrated schemes, None of which was part of the original Intel Bonanza Mine processor. Besides, The company claims, that due to the "nature" of the silicon used, it can be delivered in large volumes "without prejudice to the supply of new processors and video cards".

Intel pays considerable attention to the cryptocurrency mining market. In February, the company announced the Bonanza Mine chip for bitcoin production and miner power 3 600 Tue. but, In January, Chinese journalist Colin Wu (Colin Wu) stated, that the energy efficiency of new mining chips Intel Bonanza Mine is exaggerated.