Key takeawaysBitcoin mining began in 2009 as a hobby-friendly activity where users could earn BTC using CPUs and later GPUs.

Monero (XMR) is one of the most popular privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, attracting miners who value anonymity and security. Mining Monero can be quite rewarding, but for many miners, solo mining is ...

The story so far: In 1999, California-based Nvidia Corp. marketed a chip called GeForce 256 as “the world’s first GPU”. Its purpose was to make videogames run better and look better. In the 2.5 ...

Analysts say Intel’s success will hinge less on hardware and more on overcoming entrenched software lock-in and buyer inertia. Intel is making a new push into GPUs, this time with a focus on data ...

Nvidia is facing more competition in the AI chip market from AMD and Qualcomm. Despite that, the company is still the favorite AI chip provider of most AI software companies. Nvidia's strong ...

Is crypto mining dead? Why are GPU prices dropping? A look at Nvidia, Ethereum, and the graphics card market. Get insight into price stabilization and the impact of ASICs. When coyotes threatened ...

Nvidia GPU supply in 2026 seemingly just took another hit, as according to a new leak, delivery of its GPUs to its graphics card production partners "has been cut ...

Nvidia is rumored to be reviving its RTX 3060 design from almost five years ago, amid ongoing price hikes for the latest-gen hardware and decreasing availability due to memory shortages. While Nvidia ...

Cipher Mining CIFR and IREN Limited IREN are U.S.-based Bitcoin miners that began as pure-play miners, with revenues tightly linked to Bitcoin prices, network difficulty, and hash rate growth. Both ...

Last week, AMD released version 25.10.2 of its Adrenalin driver package for Radeon GPUs. It seemed like a relatively routine driver release with a typical list of bug fixes and game performance ...