Asus made a crypto-mining motherboard that supports up to 20 GPUs

Posted on May 30, 2018

Asus made a crypto-mining motherboard that supports up to 20 GPUs

Asus announced the H370 Mining Master motherboard, which is specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining. It supports up to 20 graphics cards along with streamlined connectivity by allowing USB riser cables to plug directly into the PCB over PCIe. Asus announced the H370 Mining Master motherboard today, which is specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining.

It supports up to 20 graphics cards — yes, 20 — along with streamlined connectivity by allowing USB riser cables to plug directly into the PCB over PCIe. Asus’ approach here is going to make maintenance easier, ensure fewer PCIe disconnects, and more accurate diagnostics. This is a better format than just plugging in graphics cards to the motherboard via PCIe, like you would in a gaming desktop, the company says.

The H370 mining motherboard is so focused on optimizing crypto mining that it includes tweaks specific to GPU-based data crunching by default. It’s a State Detection graphical user interface that identifies the location and status of each port (seen above) and assigns alphanumeric codes for easy identification.

Source: theverge.com