. Also, that means, the bitcoin becomes the new driving force for the semiconductor industry,
Ahm, no, not really. I guess my 1000 wafer per day starts at TSMC might have been too conservative as estimate:
For 28nm alone, the foundries had a total capacity of 200,000 wafer starts per month (wspm) by the end of 2012, according to Barclays Capital. In 2013, the foundries are expected to add an additional capacity of 75,000 to 100,000 wspm for 28nm, according to Mike Splinter, chairman and chief executive of Applied Materials.
http://semimd.com/blog/tag/28nm/My reckoning, bitcoin will account for not much more and possibly much less than 1000 wafers in 2014, on a capacity of almost 4 million wafers. Not gonna make a lot of headlines in silicon processing magazines.