Soon after the end of the Second World War, the new technological revolution began
。 The new technology areas involved this time include space technology, information technology, computers and new materials. Among them, the most closely related to people's daily lives is the computer. The mainland began to reform in the 1970s, but it finally caught up with the last train of the third scientific and technological revolution, which led to the rapid development of the mainland's economy for more than 40 years.
In the whole industry chain of computers, graphics cards are an important one. In the past few years, with the help of the popularity of the Internet and the development of information technology, some people have proposed the concept of virtual currency, taking Bitcoin as an example, through mining to produce Bitcoin, in this process the requirements for graphics cards are very high.
With the consolidation of virtual currencies, the price of graphics cards around the world has also begun to fall, but is this really the case, and what is the real reason for the decline in graphics card prices?
？
First, the computer's graphics card and mining
The world's first electronic computer was born in the United States
。 It was created by the American engineer Turing, and this computer is also known as a Turing machine. At that time, the amount of computation was 5,000 times per second. Don't underestimate this amount of computing, at that time the computer was a cutting-edge technology. Later, some countries also began to develop their own electronic computers, but the early computers were all electron tubes, and the overall computing efficiency was still very low.
At the same time, the cost of electronic computers is very expensive, and ordinary individuals cannot afford to use them
。 In the 50s and 70s, electronic computers were specialized equipment for the military. It was with the help of the development of computer technology that the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in the aerospace field also began. With the powerful computing power of computers, humans sent rockets into space, and many multifunctional satellites were also sent into space, laying the foundation for the development of communication technology later.
In the 1960s, there was only one computer in the country, so much so that the theoretical calculation of the atomic bomb on the mainland required the use of an abacus
。 By the 1980s, personal computers had emerged, and people's lives were beginning to change. In the 1990s, the mainland's information technology industry began to take off, and more and more families began to have computers. People who learned computer programming in the early years are very enviable, and they are also the early elites.
After entering the 21st century, the level of computer technology in the mainland has become more and more powerful
。 At the same time, household or commercial computers have also entered thousands of households. The main components of the computer are roughly divided into motherboards, graphics cards, sound cards and monitors. For information processing, the motherboard is the core, but the resolution of the display effect depends on the graphics card. Many existing graphics card manufacturers in the mainland have also developed with the rise of the computer industry.
However, it is reasonable to say that with the continuous expansion of the scale of graphics card production, its price should fall
。 However, in recent years, the price of computer graphics cards has been rising, and many people are analyzing the reasons for this. Most people think that this is mainly due to the popularity of virtual currencies. People are starting to wonder again, what can be the relationship between computer graphics cards and virtual currencies?
This is mainly determined by the way virtual currencies are produced
。 The currency used in everyone's hand now is credit money, and the advantage of credit money is that there is no need to reserve gold and silver as the basis for issuance. Governments have become more free to issue money, and a large number of money has been printed and distributed to meet the demand for money for social and economic development. However, the disadvantages of credit money are also obvious, that is, the currency is easy to be over-issued by financial institutions.
The problems caused by the over-issuance of money disorder are very serious
。 For example, in countries such as Somaliland and Zimbabwe, the inflation caused by currency over-issuance is very serious. In Somaliland, people put bundles of money on the streets and buy a small commodity with a large bundle of banknotes to pay for it, and the life of its citizens is very difficult. Therefore, some people have proposed the use of blockchain technology to issue digital currencies.
In this context virtual currency appeared. One of the most well-known is Bitcoin. These bitcoins were formed in a way called mining. In other words, Bitcoin is nothing more than a string of numbers, derived according to a specific algorithmic algorithm, and this process is mining.
The mining link is very power-consuming, and the demand for graphics cards as mining hardware is very large
。
Second, the reason for the decline in the price of graphics cards
However, because Bitcoin has no government endorsement and there are loopholes in the algorithm, people's recognition of it is decreasing
。 In the process of actual operation, due to the vulnerability of the algorithm, many people stole a large amount of bitcoin through the network, causing many people to suffer heavy losses. Slowly, people found that these companies that issued virtual currencies were just playing a game of Ponzi schemes, and governments around the world began to formulate laws to regulate virtual currencies.
In September 2021, the mainland issued the "Notice on Rectifying virtual currency "mining" activities"
。 The content of the notice emphasizes the supervision of virtual currency mining activities, and it is strictly forbidden to add new virtual currency mining projects. At the same time, the government has also made it clear that virtual currencies do not have the same legal status as legal tender, and their business activities are identified as illegal financial activities. In foreign countries such as Russia, the United Kingdom, Spain and Singapore, regulatory policies for virtual currencies have been formulated.
With the rapid contraction of virtual currency mining activity, the global demand for graphics cards has also decreased significantly
。 Overall, the selling price of graphics cards worldwide has dropped by about 30%. The graphics card industry, which was previously crazy, is also slowly returning to rationality. The shipment price of domestic graphics cards has basically decreased by 200 to 1,000 yuan, involving low-end and high-end products.
Third, the graphics card industry is upgraded
However, some people believe that the decline in graphics card prices is that major manufacturers are cleaning up inventory
。 Recently, the new type of graphics card has been ready for mass production, and the inventory of the original graphics card is still very large, if it is continued to be sold, it is easy to cause a backlog of inventory.
Although the price of the original model of graphics card has fallen, the price of the new model of graphics card will still have room to rise
。 At the same time, the manufacturing cost of graphics cards has also been compressed by many large manufacturers.
There is room for prices to fall.
IV. Conclusion
At present, information technology continues to develop, and the demand for graphics cards in the future is still very large
。 The ups and downs of graphics card prices are closely related to their own product performance and changes in market demand. High-performance graphics cards can still be priced to a high level, and the impact of virtual currency mining activities on the market price fluctuations of graphics cards is only temporary. People's demand for graphics cards has only returned from a surge to rationality.
As for the big drop in global graphics card prices is to clean up the inventory of graphics cards, it also stands up. After all, a certain model of graphics card has its life cycle, if the performance can not meet the needs, even if the price is cheap, it will not help.
So how do you think the global graphics card price will change in the future?