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Crypto Mining Chip Vendors: GPU, FPGA, and ASIC Chips

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This page lists crypto mining chip vendors or manufacturers. These GPU, FPGA, and ASIC chips are used for cryptocurrency mining such as Bitcoin mining, etc.

Introduction

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Litecoin are currencies in digital form. Cryptography methods are used to secure them during and after transactions and also to control their new units.

Mining is used to confirm transactions are valid and allows them to be added to a distributed ledger on a blockchain network.

Blockchain refers to a chain of blocks. Each of these blocks contains information of the sender, the receiver, and the number of Bitcoin currencies to be transferred.

Blockchain involves processes which make it difficult to change or hack the system.

The crypto mining process involves a wallet, mining hardware, and mining software.

A wallet is the place where cryptocurrencies are stored. GPU, FPGA, and ASIC are most commonly used for crypto mining.

FPGA is faster compared to GPUs and more flexible compared to ASIC.

Cryptocurrency Mining Chips

The following table mentions manufacturers or vendors of cryptocurrency mining chips.

VendorsChips with description
AMDThe company develops GPUs for crypto mining. It includes AMD Radeon RX 580, AMD RX 480, AMD RX Vega 64, etc.
NVIDIAThe company develops GPUs for cryptocurrency mining. It includes Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 1070 Ti, 1080 Ti, etc.
XilinxCVP-13 board from Bittware (a Molex company) uses Xilinx VU13P FPGA. This Xilinx FPGA is most powerful for crypto mining.
Bitmain Technologies Ltd. Beijing ChinaThe company develops ASIC chips used for Bitcoin mining.
Canaan Inc. Hangzhou ChinaThe company develops ASIC mining devices such as AvalonMiner 1166 Pro, AVALONminer 1246 etc. used as Bitcoin mining hardware. Website : canaan.io
Zhejiang Ebang Communication, ChinaThe company manufactures ASIC chips used for blockchain applications.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)Develops ASICs for crypto mining.
IntelBlockchain accelerator ASIC is designed to support crypto mining with a thousand times better performance compared to GPUs. This chip consumes less energy and offers better performance. It occupies less space on silicon and hence it can be used along with CPU and GPU.