Intel Discontinues Bitcoin Mining Chip Series After Only One Year

Intel announced last April it would produce a new series of energy-efficient chips for bitcoin mining called Blockscale.
The Blockscale 1000 series was meant to reduce power usage and address a shortage of graphics cards often used for bitcoin mining.
Intel has now discontinued the Blockscale 1000 chip series and has no plans to release any upgrades or replacements.
The Blockscale project was originally part of Intel's Custom Compute Group before being folded into existing groups focused on clients and data centers.
Intel ended the Blockscale line partly to focus on its semiconductor manufacturing business and strategy for new computing architectures.