Intel unveiled its Blockscale bitcoin mining ASIC chip through a technical presentation at ISSCC in February 2022, marking the semiconductor giant's official entry into the specialized mining hardware market with focus on energy efficiency.
Marathon Patent Group announced an $23 million contract with Bitmain in August 2020 to purchase 10,500 Antminer S19 Pro mining devices as the company accelerated its bitcoin mining operations expansion.
Samsung confirmed in January 2018 that it had begun mass production of ASIC chips for bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining, entering the specialized hardware sector previously dominated by Bitmain and Canaan Creative.
Bitfury began deploying its 16nm ASIC mining chip in mid-2016 with efficiency of 0.06 joules per gigahash and 40 gigahashes per second per chip, advancing mining hardware into a new generation of performance.
21 Inc unveiled the Bitcoin Computer, a Raspberry Pi-based device with an integrated mining chip, priced at $399 and designed to let developers earn bitcoin while selling digital services.