2023: Will the AIB remain in flux?

C. Robert Dow, digital media manager/tester at Mt. Tiburon Testing Labs, JPR The GPU and graphic add-in board markets have been through tumultuous times over the past decade. The dramatic rise of crypto in 2016–2017 expanded the AIB market by $1.05 billion and accounted for more than 4 million units of add-in board sales. As crypto miners bought up every AIB produced, the street prices of AIBs rose as much as 30% in the second half of 2017. Gamers voiced their frustration about the lack of available product, and their angst gave rise to products such as Nvidia’s CMP, which