Hive, a Blockchain startup has contracted Intel for its Bonanza Mine chips

Intel’s blockchain bets are paying off, with the most recent design win coming from one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining operations. Hive, a blockchain startup, stated that it has contracted to buy Intel’s next-generation “BMZ2” Bonanza Mine ASICs. Hive said that the inclusion of Intel’s forthcoming CPUs would nearly quadruple its bitcoin mining power, increasing it from 1.9 to 3.8 exahashes per second (Eh/s). The chips will be used in Compute North LLC’s new 100 MW renewable-energy-focused installation in Texas.

The cryptocurrency mining equipment will be supplied over a year, beginning in the second part of the calendar year 2022, aligning perfectly with Intel’s ASIC delivery for GRIID, another of its Bonanza Mine clients. Both companies expect the Intel-supplied ASICs to outperform rival mining chip options in terms of performance and power efficiency. The impact of the deals on the firms’ bottom lines was not disclosed. Still, considering we’re looking at a nearly doubling (95 per cent) of HIVE’s potential hash power riding on Intel’s ASICs, this isn’t a little deal – and we’re open to some quick math.

Intel’s BMZ2 pricing has already been leaked, with each miner costing $5,625 and boasting a performance of 135 TH/s and an energy efficiency of 26 J/THs. The company is installing 14,000 thousand BMZ2 devices, according to HIVE’s expected hash power increase of 1.9 EH/s after the successful deployment of Intel’s miners.

In terms of pure cash value, the Intel/HIVE transaction might be worth roughly $79 million in hardware costs alone. Despite the exorbitant price, Intel’s competitors are caught between a rock and a hard place: the firm is incredibly competitive in both efficiency and performance, and it undercuts its nearest competitor, Bitmain’s Antminer S19j XP, by about 50%.

In terms of pure cash value, the Intel/HIVE transaction might be worth roughly $79 million in hardware costs alone. Despite the exorbitant price, Intel’s competitors are caught between a rock and a hard place: the firm is incredibly competitive in both efficiency and performance, and it undercuts its nearest competitor, Bitmain’s Antminer S19j XP, by about 50%.

While Nvidia and AMD have been content to let their GPU solutions be freely utilised (AMD) or to convert existing products to cryptocurrency-mining-specific product lines (think Nvidia’s Cryptocurrency Mining Processors [CMP]). With its Bonanza Mine ASICs, Intel has become the first of the three companies to fully build a mining-oriented product.

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