Using software to optimize ASIC performance can appear a daunting quest. Surely the undertaking is reserved for the hero-nerds of old; those who dared to brave blazing heat, smoking power supplies and an untimely end of warranty. Mining alchemists, who sought in software a digital Philosopher's Stone that could manifest precious digital gold. Their methods may have succeeded when GPUs began mining Bitcoin in 2010, but how could they possibly be implemented now, in an industrial datacenter with thousands of ASICs? Bitcoin mining today is a business of tremendous scale, not a test bench. Yet, we once again find ourselves drawn to the old ways.
The Art of Underclocking
The Art of Underclocking
The Art of Underclocking
Using software to optimize ASIC performance can appear a daunting quest. Surely the undertaking is reserved for the hero-nerds of old; those who dared to brave blazing heat, smoking power supplies and an untimely end of warranty. Mining alchemists, who sought in software a digital Philosopher's Stone that could manifest precious digital gold. Their methods may have succeeded when GPUs began mining Bitcoin in 2010, but how could they possibly be implemented now, in an industrial datacenter with thousands of ASICs? Bitcoin mining today is a business of tremendous scale, not a test bench. Yet, we once again find ourselves drawn to the old ways.