00:45:57 <solar> Intel has been fabbing at tsmc ever since they bought altera
00:46:13 <solar> just very quietly
00:47:04 <solar> they also fabbed all their recent AI stuff at tsmc too
06:53:17 <sech1> Linzhi finally did their ETH ASIC? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/517993952276774914/737854952269021234/unknown.png
11:56:05 <hyc> according to the article I linked, yes Intel has used TSMC for yesrs, but only for ancillary parts, never for x86 cores
11:57:53 <hyc> isn't ETH 2.0 rolling out with PoS soon?
11:58:15 <hyc> building an ETH ASIC at this point in time sounds like a huge waste
11:59:16 <sethsimmons> Nah, Eth1 (the PoW/compute chain) will continue for a long time
11:59:29 <solar> i strongly doubt eth will ever fully abolish PoW
11:59:29 <sethsimmons> Eth2.0 is just a value transfer shard that will run alongside of it.
11:59:39 <sethsimmons> It can't do any compute/smart contracts/etc
11:59:44 <solar> they've already bent to miner demands multiple times
12:00:34 <gingeropolous> so glad we nipped that one in the bud
12:00:40 <hyc> really? had no idea. eth2 is just plain currency, nothing "smart"? what's the point?
12:01:03 <gingeropolous> profit
12:01:22 <sethsimmons> <hyc "really? had no idea. eth2 is jus"> More inflation :P
12:01:41 <sethsimmons> Its the start of eth2, with actual useful shards coming once PoS is "proven"
12:01:56 <sethsimmons> It will do absolutely nothing Eth does now except transfer Eth
12:02:05 <sethsimmons> Not even ERC20 AFAICT
16:57:23 <hyc> https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/i04109/monero_hashrate_is_fluctuating_more_than_usually/
16:57:54 <hyc> maybe someone is using spare supercomputer cycles between projects :P