Bitcoin-Equipment Boom Benefits TSMC, AMD Sales, Report Says
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and other companies have seen more than $200 million in sales in 2013 for computing components used to create Bitcoins, Wedbush Securities Inc. said.
The virtual currency, which exists as software, is created by solving complex tasks embedded in the program through a process called mining.