I don’t think that’s going to be the case. All that bitcoin mining stuff, completely used up and mostly worthless at this point, and by the time the next (or two generations) comes out, so much of the old serve stuff is expensive to run, and then unsupported. I think re-use is great, but at a point real recycling needs to be the better option.
I just saw a video yesterday on hacking old bitcoin mining GPUs to unlock their RAM and PCI bandwidth and whatnot for general-purpose use. Desperation is the mother of invention, after all.
Yah fully embedded hardware that isn’t user serviceable will be junk and I agree recycling needs to be an option, but sadly we aren’t at the price point where it’ll be economical for companies to do so. Prices need to escalate significantly from these levels to do so otherwise we would be seeing it happen already.
I don’t think that’s going to be the case. All that bitcoin mining stuff, completely used up and mostly worthless at this point, and by the time the next (or two generations) comes out, so much of the old serve stuff is expensive to run, and then unsupported. I think re-use is great, but at a point real recycling needs to be the better option.
I just saw a video yesterday on hacking old bitcoin mining GPUs to unlock their RAM and PCI bandwidth and whatnot for general-purpose use. Desperation is the mother of invention, after all.
Yah fully embedded hardware that isn’t user serviceable will be junk and I agree recycling needs to be an option, but sadly we aren’t at the price point where it’ll be economical for companies to do so. Prices need to escalate significantly from these levels to do so otherwise we would be seeing it happen already.