CPU Shortage, No?

[Error 504]

why is the gpu shortage greater than the cpu shortage (if there is a shortage for cpu at all)?

 

i'm surprised how available most cpu's are, and they are not insanely over priced like the graphic cards.

 

why is this? sorry i'm really curious. i'm not being sarcastic.

 

thanks. 

[Middcore]

Miners buy up GPU's en masse and not CPU's.

 

A huge amount of AMD's GPU chips go into the latest Sony and Microsoft consoles.

 

There are other factors but those are two that play a part. 

[Error 504]

15 minutes ago, Middcore said:

Miners buy up GPU's en masse and not CPU's.

 

A huge amount of AMD's GPU chips go into the latest Sony and Microsoft consoles.

 

There are other factors but those are two that play a part. 

i just thought the global chip shortage would impact cpu's.

 

is it possible that when eth difficulty gets too high, like btc, people might move to asic machines?

[Quackers101]

not sure about the chips, would think the chips for GPUs are just harder to produce and maybe larger?

Also you dont need as many CPUs of the top end, or for mining?

 

but like you say, have seen some drop in price for some newer CPUs (little recover on GPUs too, but still way above)

There are future issues like there has been talked about some shortages, and there might be enough of certain CPUs out there for the demand and for the price drop.

to the lack of chips for cars to smart devices, which can impact some parts and production? and to the amount of CPUs that was made before hand?

[SimplyGone]

36 minutes ago, Error 504 said:

i just thought the global chip shortage would impact cpu's.

 

is it possible that when eth difficulty gets too high, like btc, people might move to asic machines?

Etherium isn't far off from needing ASICs now

[SupaKomputa]

Ethereum mining hands down the cause of the rising GPU prices.

In a eth rig, you can have up to 12 GPU but only 1 CPU.

That is why it doesn't effect CPU stocks.

 

15 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Etherium isn't far off from needing ASICs now

When? People are saying this for 6 months now.

Mining still going strong.

[Middcore]

Eth has also been saying they'd switch to proof of stake for... A while.

[Error 504]

38 minutes ago, Quackers101 said:

not sure about the chips, would think the chips for GPUs are just harder to produce and maybe larger?

Also you dont need as many CPUs of the top end, or for mining?

 

but like you say, have seen some drop in price for some newer CPUs (little recover on GPUs too, but still way above)

There are future issues like there has been talked about some shortages, and there might be enough of certain CPUs out there for the demand and for the price drop.

to the lack of chips for cars to smart devices, which can impact some parts and production? and to the amount of CPUs that was made before hand?

the used car market has already exploded because of the global chip shortage. so it's believed that the pandemic caused the global chip shortage, and then crypto price exploded and people bought up all the graphics cards.

 

what a perfect storm.

 

19 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Etherium isn't far off from needing ASICs now

i don't know much about crypto mining. i think i heard people saying that gpu mining is for eth, and asic is for btc.

[SimplyGone]

49 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

When? People are saying this for 6 months now.

Mining still going strong.

No one knows for sure but it'll be arounf when it changes to proof of stake

 

48 minutes ago, Error 504 said:

i don't know much about crypto mining. i think i heard people saying that gpu mining is for eth, and asic is for btc.

It'll happen like it did for Bitcoin.  Once upon a time BTC was mined on consumer hardware too