Why A.I. and Cryptocurrency Are Making One Type of Computer Chip Scarce

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NY Times - 5/8/2018 - Cade Metz Two technology — booms some people might call them frenzies — are combining to turn a once-obscure type of microprocessor into a must-have but scarce commodity. Artificial intelligence systems, made by companies ranging in size from Google to the Chinese start-up Malong Technologies, rely heavily on a computer chip called a graphics processing unit, or G.P.U. The chips are also very useful in mining digital currencies like Ethereum, a Bitcoin alternative riding the same wave of hype as its more famous cousin. Read more @ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/tech ... st-forward