Bitmain's new Ether ASIC mining rig may not fix GPU shortage after all

Bitmain's new Ether ASIC mining rig may not fix GPU shortage after all

A new Ether ASIC mining rig is on the way, but will it help ease Nvidia's GPU problems? Cryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the pending release of a new Ether (ETH) miner on April 16. The Antminer E9 model is an application-specific integrated circuit chip, which will run on the Ethereum blockchain’s Ethash algorithm.No official release date has yet been announced for the E9, however, the machine’s arrival may not be as impactful as first suspected. The rig faces competition in the form of Nvidia’s CMP (Cryptocurrency Mining Processor) range of GPUs, designed....


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