More than a year ago, Intel made a big push for blockchain technology, announcing that it would start producing “Blockchain accelerator” chips. At the time, cryptocurrencies were on everyone’s lips, NFTs were seen by many as a tool with a great future and in general it seemed we were facing a technological and financial revolution This could mean a big change in many ways.

This happened in February of last year, so if you have been more or less informed about the development of the cryptocurrency market, as well as everything related to NFTs, you already know that many expectations were not fulfilled. It is true that the use of blockchains is still growing and that from time to time we see their new implementations in all kinds of industries and activities, but that is the little positive that we can point to at the moment.

In June last year, Raja Koduri (yes, that Raja Koduri) announced via your Twitter account, launch of Blockscale 100 ASIC, Intel’s first silicon specifically focused on chains and data mining. And what happened between the announcement of these silicons and the arrival of the 100 ASIC? Bitcoin has more than halved in value, from a high of more than $47,000 to less than $19,000. It is true that of late its value has partially recovered from this fall, but the long and disturbing list of events surrounding this new economy grows more disturbing every day.

According to Tom’s Hardware, Intel has discontinued production of its blockscale chips for blockchain. More precisely, and as the technology company told this media, the company announced the end of life of its first generation Blockscale 1000 series chips without announcing a successor. Of course, they will maintain support for customers who purchased one of these silicons, but there are no future plans for this line of chips.

Intel It was not completely closed to return to this market in the future, but for now, and besides not announcing a second generation or any other news in this regard, he has removed the pages from his website dedicated to this platform, indicating that it is a closed door for now. Something understandable, since the changes that have occurred in the sector recently have disrupted much of the future possibilities that the Blockscale platform had when it was announced.