AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Inventory Disappears Overnight Due to the Latest Cryptomining Trend

[Peter_Brosdahl]

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor seems to have become the latest highly sought-after PC component by crypto miners. The AMD Ryzen 9 7000 series Zen 4 processors feature support for the AVX-512 instruction code which is used to mine Qubic crypto currency. Bitcoin has once again been on the rise in the last 24 hours leading to an unexpected demand for AMD's flagship processor. As is somewhat normal for the cryptocurrency market things have been a bit volatile due to miners selling off during peak trading but in turn, inventory for the CPU had briefly disappeared from online retailers, only to reappear at higher, scalped, prices.

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[Burticus]

CPU mining? Really?

 

[Space_Ranger]

Gotta burn those watts somewhere!