Photo Credit: NVIDIA There are many factors that bode well for greater availability of products on the shelves in the coming months. First of all, Samsung's yields are improving and NVIDIA has long considered the possibility of leveraging both Samsung and TSMC for the production of their own chips, leading to a virtually doubled production capacity (and consequently also the supply). . Second, cryptocurrency miners, who have been raiding video cards in recent years, may soon lose some interest as the Ethereum merge is now slated for Q2 of this year, switching to the Proof of model. Stake and no more Proof Of Work, which would cut out the rewards for all those who use mining farms to make money (but other potentially profitable cryptocurrencies would remain).
Photo Credit: NVIDIA However, there is a great unknown on the horizon due to the current war between Ukraine and Russia. We have already told you previously that the chip shortage could worsen, given that 70% of the world supply of neon, an element used in the lasers of machinery used in semiconductor production, comes from Ukraine, not to mention the fact that gas neon is a by-product of the Russian steel industry, which is subsequently processed in Ukraine and sent to the rest of the world. In any case, if things go well, 2022 will most likely be a really good year for gamers, who will be able to count on a greater availability of new graphics cards, without forgetting the second-hand market.