Industry chain insiders: TSMC has received Bitmain's 5nm chip order and is expected to start production in the third quarter

On May 6, according to foreign media reports, the prices of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin continued to run at high levels, which also increased the demand for cryptocurrency mining, and the demand for chips, graphics cards, etc. also increased significantly.

English media reports show that chip foundry TSMC has received orders from Bitmain. The English media quoted industry sources as saying that TSMC has received orders for cryptocurrency mining chips from Bitmain, and production is expected to begin in the third quarter. Bitmain, whose full name is Bitmain Technology Holdings, was established in 2013. Its products include computing chips, computing servers, and computing clouds, which are mainly used in the fields of blockchain and artificial intelligence.