Bitcoin triggers a surge in graphics card prices, Nvidia: Prices no longer under control

Nvidia staff stated on Massdrop, a foreign community group buying platform, that they cannot currently control the price of graphics cards. Due to the tight supply of core accessories such as video memory, graphics cards will be out of stock and will remain priced high in the future. The situation may not be alleviated until the third quarter of this year or when Nvidia launches new graphics cards.

In 2017, there was a surge in the prices of two major PC products: graphics cards, which were used by major miners for mining, and memory. The reasons for the price increase of memory involve many aspects. However, at the end of 2017, the price of memory fell slightly and gradually stabilized, but according to recent news, graphics cards are about to usher in a new round of price increases.

The skyrocketing price of Bitcoin has led to a surge in graphics card prices since the second half of last year, benefiting upstream mining machine manufacturers such as Nvidia and other chip manufacturers. As the existing production capacity of core components such as video memory cannot meet market demand and the rate of capacity addition is slow, it is expected that graphics card prices will continue to rise for some time to come.

China's share in the global semiconductor industry is growing and becoming more and more important. The National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund has invested more than 65.3 billion yuan in local semiconductor companies and is likely to prepare a second phase of investment with a larger scale of funds, focusing on integrated circuit design companies. One of the main investment opportunities for semiconductor determinism is the construction cycle of China's integrated circuit production lines. This cycle will be concentrated in 2017H2-2018.