Nvidia Announces New Chips Designed Just for Bitcoin Mining

The new custom crypto mining chips won’t work for gamers

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Though the company doesn’t often acknowledge it, for the last three years, Nvidia’s business has been inextricably linked to the unpredictable price of bitcoin. That’s because bitcoin miners realized that Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) were perfect for the…