Blockscale
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Short description: Brand of crypto-mining ASIC
Intel Blockscale was a brand of crypto-mining accelerator ASIC sold by the U.S. chip manufacturer Intel. The Blockscale product debuted in June 2022, and was cancelled by Intel in April 2023.[1][2] Intel has stated that it will continue to supply chips to existing customers until April 2024.[3]
The Blockscale chips were SHA-256 hardware accelerators designed for proof-of-work calculations.[4] According to Intel, they were capable of up to 580 GH/s with a power consumption of up to 22.7 W, and a claimed efficiency of up to 26 J/TH.[5] The product came in three variants: the Blockscale 1120, 1140, and 1160.[3]
References
- ↑ Tyson, Mark (2022-06-30). "Intel's Blockscale Cryptominer Ships Ahead of Schedule, Late to the Party" (in en). https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intels-blockscale-cryptominer-ships-ahead-of-schedule-late-to-the-party.
- ↑ Mann, Tobias (19 April 2023). "Intel axes Blockscale cryptomining ASICs it debuted in 2022" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/19/intel_blockscale_asics/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alcorn, Paul (2023-04-18). "Intel Discontinues Bitcoin-Mining Blockscale Chips, No Future Gens Announced" (in en). https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-discontinues-bitcoin-mining-blockscale-chips-no-future-gens-announced.
- ↑ Cunningham, Andrew (2023-04-18). "Intel unceremoniously dumps its year-old Blockscale chips for bitcoin mining" (in en-us). https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/intel-introduced-bitcoin-mining-chips-a-year-ago-and-theyre-already-going-away/.
- ↑ "Intel® Blockscale™ ASIC". https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/docs/blockchain/custom-asic-product-brief.html.
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