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To: Paladin2

It’s the graphics processors that are the current issue with power consumption.

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What about the massive power consumption of bit coin mining?


5 posted on 06/23/2023 3:48:15 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard
What about the massive power consumption of bit coin mining?

Graphics processors are often used at the high end for bit coin mining, because they are easily repurposed and are well suited for parallel processing.
7 posted on 06/23/2023 3:50:54 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Starboard

BCM is Graphics card powered.

Best to get a NEIGHBOR TO PROVIDE THE POWER.


11 posted on 06/23/2023 4:25:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Starboard

And the absolutely worthless tailing from the mining operations! Huge piles of bits!


19 posted on 06/23/2023 5:49:36 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: Starboard

How many purchasers of those outrageously huge TV’s realize how much POWER they take???


23 posted on 06/24/2023 7:05:39 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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