For both top - tier tech firms,
graphics card sales were a major driving force and alongside a few other factors, cryptocurrency miners were name - checked as one of the reasons they had such a strong year.
Between this and Nvidia limiting initial GeForce GTX 1080
graphics card sales to the pricier $ 700 Founders Edition, rather than options at the $ 600 MSRP, gamers sure seem to be getting gouged during big hardware releases this year.
Graphics DRAM demand has also been strong, as gamers, cryptocurrency miners and AI researchers propel
graphics card sales higher.
It's also worth noting that thanks to the recent mining rush AMD shares have soared from the increase of
graphics cards sales as well.
Not exact matches
The server
sales should offset any slowdown in
sales from
graphics cards to the cryptocurrency mining market, or a rumored loss of chip
sales at carmaker Tesla (tsla) to competitors Advanced Micro Devices (amd) and Intel (intc), Stein says.
The Needham analyst said that
sales of
graphics cards for cryptocurrency mining only account for about $ 79 million to $ 151 million in revenue per quarter, so even if there was a 20 % to 30 % decline in
sales from competing products, it would only shave earnings by 2 cents to 5 cents a share.
Still, McConnell noted that the boost in demand from miners may not be sustainable, saying that «desktop
graphics card manufacturers are skeptical,» in light of a similar surge in demand in 2013 during another period of bitcoin euphoria that had no long - term effect on chipmaker
sales.
Chip maker AMD has seen its
sales buoyed in recent months by big demand for
graphics cards by cryptocurrency miners.
California - based technology company NVIDIA has asked retailers of its
graphics cards to prioritize
sales to gamers over cryptocurrency miners.
Despite 2017's cryptocurrency craze eating up the add - in
graphics card market, gamers will always be the «bread and butter» for Nvidia and AMD regarding GPU
sales.
In 2013, ASUS was the fifth - largest PC vendor by
sales, and it continues to hold a spot as one of the leading makers of internal parts such as motherboards and
graphics cards.
Nvidia, the world's largest
graphics card supplier, has enacted plans which are set to reduce
sales of GPUs for mining operations.
Graphics card maker AMD reported a major
sales jump in the third quarter of 2017 amid significant demand from the world's cryptocurrency miners.
Prices increases in ethereum, monero and other cryptocurrencies could spark a
sales boost for makers of
graphics cards (GPUs).
Although it's fair to say that Nvidia can't keep track of where all of the
graphics cards it sells end up, especially when partner retailers make the
sales themselves, it has called on those partners to curtail
sales to miners.
Over three million
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have been sold to bitcoin and other cryptocurrency miners last year, Jon Peddie Research announced in its latest report, with total
sales of video
cards reaching $ 776 million.
It has been reported that more than 3 million
graphics cards were bought by cryptocurrency miners in 2017, with
sales reaching $ 776 million.
Sales of
graphics cards, like the new Vega 56 and Vega 64, have been a key factor.
More than 3 million
graphics cards have been sold to cryptocurrency miners in 2017, with
sales reaching $ 776 million, a new report revealed.
According to Jon Peddie Research,
graphics cards manufacturers sold around three million GPUs to cryptocurrency miners in 2017, or roughly $ 776 million in total
sales.
Industry - wide, shipments of add - in boards — which house the external
graphics cards used by cryptocurrency miners — were up 31 percent from the first quarter to the second, according to Jon Peddie Research, a market research firm which tracks GPU
sales.
The Taiwanese manufacturer has a history in PC hardware — in 2013 it was the fifth - largest PC vendor by
sales, and it continues to hold a spot as one of the leading makers of internal parts such as motherboards and
graphics cards.
But the company's motives may not be entirely gaming focused given the momentum of cryptocurrency mining and the fast
sales of supporting
graphics cards.
NVIDIA has announced that its massive, and expensive, consumer
graphics card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z, is now on
sale for $ 2,999.
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