Could the 7 nanometer chip boom affect mining?

Could the 7 nanometer chip boom affect mining? - miners

Il mining continues to be the subject of considerable attention in recent months. If on one side you look at yours ecological repercussions, in light of the resources consumed and the crusade against global warming inaugurated by Greta Thunbergon the other hand, many are showing interest in this activity.
The looks focus mainly on the expected halving of the rewards due to the BTC miners, or on thehalving scheduled for mid 2020, but in the meantime there is another event that has already happened that could have far-reaching effects on the block extraction activity.

7 nanometer chips could trigger huge repercussions

The reference is toarrival of new chips at 7 nanometers, which replaced the previous ones at 14 and 16. Their higher density, in fact, translates into greater efficiency, significantly improving the performance per watt of the various products. A transition which also involved the cryptocurrency mining sector, where the giant Bitmain has decided to play in advance, making the first ASICs with 7-nanometer chips available for Bitcoin mining already available at the end of last year.
Why is this evolution considered so important for the token mining business? The reason is due to the fact that the advance of production nodes has always been synonymous with an increase in the density of transistors per unit area, maintaining or lowering (based on frequency) energy consumption compared to previous ones.
The recent transition has led to considerable problems, considering that Samsung was able to start mass production at 7 nanometers only to 2019 submitted, thereby accumulating a half-year behind the competition, while Intel it took even two years longer than expected to develop its 10 nanometer node. But it went even worse in Global Foundries, which even canceled its 7-nanometer chip development and production plans in light of the difficulties encountered.

TSMC and mining: the binomial is getting tighter

As a result of what happened, the Taiwanese company TSMC is now practically without competition in this market segment. At the same time, however, it is unable to meet the demand for mining devices, which would be even triple compared to production capacity. Indeed the lead time, or the time between the moment of the request and the execution of the order is passed from two to six months. The producers expect the delivery of new products by the end of the year, which would leave a miner window of about 4/5 months to accumulate as much BTC as possible in view of halving, in order to maximize the ROI.
More complicated to understand what could happen later, although according to experts the price of BTC post halving will determine the events. If the price remains sufficiently high, the Bitcoin mining race could continue, otherwise it could repeat what happened for Litecoin, with a drop in the hashrate such as to push miners to migrate to cheaper coins waiting for a resumption of BTC listing.