PANews February 12 news, according to Bitcoin Magazine reported that chip giant Intel revealed that they will launch an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip for bitcoin mining at the International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) global forum held at the end of February 2022, intel also said that bitcoin mining is in line with the sustainable development goals. It is reported that the listed bitcoin miner GRIID has signed a bitcoin mining ASIC hardware purchase agreement with Intel. According to Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, at least three U.S. companies are currently designing relevant ASIC chips, but he did not disclose the specific company name.
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