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Topic: 10W/TH with 3D xpoint ? (Read 820 times)

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legendary
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Ruu \o/
August 12, 2015, 07:23:04 AM
#7
One thread on this irrelevant tech is enough. /locked
sr. member
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August 12, 2015, 07:10:59 AM
#6
Don't forget that Litecoin and it's derivatives use SCRYPT which is very ram intensive. Xpoint could make a very significant power saving over the embedded dram used in Litecoin asics, especially if the 3D structures could be integrated with logic and so far there seems to be no indication that they cant.

hero member
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FUN > ROI
August 12, 2015, 06:27:03 AM
#5
Don't forget about proof-of-capacity cryptocurrencies.  Cheesy
*moves thread to altcoins section*  Grin

( aside: most of those don't really require high throughput on the storage side, they tend to want a lot of space... given that 3D xpoint is being marketed as being between SSD and *RAM, more feasible to go with an SSD.. or even an HDD Smiley )
legendary
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A humble Siberian miner
August 12, 2015, 03:11:00 AM
#4
No.  This is a storage structure - it's not going to do anything much for computation
Don't forget about proof-of-capacity cryptocurrencies.  Cheesy
legendary
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August 11, 2015, 09:14:10 PM
#3
And we can close the topic.  Wink

hero member
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August 11, 2015, 09:09:25 PM
#2
No.  This is a storage structure - it's not going to do anything much for computation; computations currently being done on ASICs already 'store' their bits in much faster solutions.

Pre-existing thread with some insights from ex-intel, later-Spondoolies-Tech Guy: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/will-the-new-invention-by-intel-micron-help-pcs-to-replace-asic-again-1140200
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