Next-generation ASICs deliver narrower efficiency gains, extending hardware cycles
Improvements per watt have slowed to single digits, which is changing when operators choose to replace fleets.
By Gwen Abara · · 5 min read
Gwen Abara
Infrastructure Correspondent · Austin, Texas
Gwen Abara covers data centres, hosting contracts and the industrial side of block production, including the growing overlap between mining and AI compute.
- Background
- BS Industrial Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. Five years covering data-centre construction and power procurement.
- Beats
- data centres, hosting agreements, ASIC hardware, power procurement
- Sections
- Mining
Stories by Gwen Abara
Flared-gas mining projects face tighter methane accounting rules
New measurement requirements mean operators must document combustion efficiency rather than assume it.
By Gwen Abara · · 5 min read