TSMC expects high smartphone SoC demands in contrast to cryptocurrency mining chips

19 July 2018
It's mainly due to the upcoming 2018 iPhones and their A12 chip.

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Geric.770, 20 Jul 2018And??? Seriously. Yes, you're earning money with just si... moreWhat??

You're not making any sense.
TSMC is now the largest foundry, and they are a business so they value profits. Its perfectly natural to expect them to sell their products to the highest bidder. And the highest bidder this time was products going to ARM SoC's followed by the cryptocurrency-mining "niche".

Therefore the problems of 2017-2018 was gamers. It's their fault for not keeping the PC Gaming Industry healthy. They abandoned alternate parts such as AMD cpus, Radeon gpus, Micron ssds... for a monopoly in Intel cpus, Nvidia gpus, Samsung ssds. Why do you think the price of the average PS4/XB1 went down during this period... whereas the price of the average Gaming PC went up? The simple answer is that the Console Market is far more mature/healthier so it wasn't impacted.

If people weren't so naive, there would be more competition in the PC Gaming Industry... then the average price would've been more stable this past 24 months.

    Pragmatic, 20 Jul 2018Well they also bought their rigs with their own money, so t... moreTrue. Even then, cryptocurrency ended up dying and now prices will get back to normal.

      Kangal, 20 Jul 2018Makes no sense, it would be unethical to make it illegal. ... moreAnd???

      Seriously. Yes, you're earning money with just simple clicks, and have stable power of PCs but for me it's really not great and unfair.

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        Geric.770, 20 Jul 2018......I thought this is illegal?Makes no sense, it would be unethical to make it illegal.

        The REAL reason PC Gamers suffered in 2017-2018 was because the PC Gaming Market is too weak. Intel dominates the CPU Front, Nvidia dominates the GPU. And the

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          CRAPtocurrency

            ......I thought this is illegal?

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              Walter C. Dornez, 19 Jul 2018Honestly, I should feel bad....but I don't. Cryptominers ma... moreWell they also bought their rigs with their own money, so they had as much right as you and me to it. Sucks for us I guess.

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                Anonymous, 19 Jul 2018RIP mining crap and burn in hell.Lol :D

                  Honestly, I should feel bad....but I don't. Cryptominers made building computers impossible for first time builders

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                    • 19 Jul 2018

                    RIP mining crap and burn in hell.

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