AMD Is Looking To Recycle Graphic Cards

Though the cryptocurrency mining rush seems to possess faded a touch over the past few years, the industry remains kicking. Case in point: AMD is reportedly trying to find how to utilize a number of its older RDNA cards as important parts of the blossoming cryptocurrency market.

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Phoronix found the "navi10 blockchain SKU" while sifting through Linux drivers, which could indicate a special SKU for a Navi graphics card with attention on cryptocurrency mining. supported the RDNA 1.0 architecture, it might include 2,560 Stream Processors and 40 CUs. It would, however, be a touch underwhelming on the graphics display side, with its Display Core Next (DCN) and Video Core Next (VCN) engines disabled.

AMD already uses the Navi 10 silicon for a minimum of four models of Radeon graphics cards, like the Navi 10 XT and therefore the Navi 10 XL within the Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700.

These cards probably wouldn't arrive until 2021. However, AMD could plan to spend the remainder of the Navi silicon before it announces the Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs during its upcoming virtual event, scheduled for Oct. 28.