[Blockchain Today reporter Jeong Seung-won] The CMP line, a graphics card dedicated to cryptocurrency mining, recently announced by Nvidia was first launched in the first quarter of 2021. Since this graphics card is made to order, it is sent to the customer after the order is placed.
However, the 300 CMP 30HX graphics card heading to a Chinese mining farm was confiscated by Hong Kong customs authorities. 300 NVIDIA CMP 30HX cryptocurrency mining graphics cards confiscated by Hong Kong customs were on their way to a Chinese mining site.
NVIDIA announced a lineup of cryptocurrency mining processors (CMPs) to address the shortage of GeForce gaming graphics cards. The company also tried to limit the hash rate of the latest GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards at the same time, but everyone saw the failure. However, the NVIDIA CMP lineup provides a direct means for cryptocurrency miners to order in large quantities, and is a card primarily used for mining operations.
A total of 300 NVIDIA CMP 30HX graphics cards were confiscated by Hong Kong customs authorities, according to reports from MyDriver. The graphics card is marked as contraband, and it is known that it was headed to a Chinese mining site. The reason is that China still enforces bans on cryptocurrency mining operations in several regions. Otherwise, there is no other logical basis for confiscation of many of these GPUs. Chinese miners have also been the cause behind severe blackouts in Iran, causing a surge in power usage in Inner Mongolia because of their efforts to circumvent mining restrictions imposed by their own state.
The NVIDIA CMP 30HX, 40HX and 50HX are all based on the Turing architecture of 12Nm silicon. The 50HX is based on the TU102 GPU-100 GPU and has a board very similar to the PG150 seen on the RTX 2080 Ti. 10GB of memory is supported. The 40HX is based on the TU106-100 GPU and the PG161 board. 8GB of memory is supported. The 30HX is based on the TU116-100 and PG161 boards. 6GB of memory is supported. Both the 30HX and 40HX were identified through driver updates. The 50HX and 90HX are expected to be available in the second quarter of this year.
As for the card itself, it looks like an NVIDIA CMP 30x model with a standard dual slot and dual fan design. The card has no display output, and has an aluminum fin-based heat sink that is actively cooled by a fan. The CMP 30HX recently sold for over US$723, but it was only one retail seller. The direct selling price of a graphics card is much cheaper compared to what you pay for a single unit at a retail outlet.
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