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Re-Enable all Compute Units on the PS5-like BC-250 Cryptomining Card

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/re-enable-all-compute-units-on-the-ps5-like-bc-250-cryptomining-card/

13 Jun 10

Re-Enable all Compute Units on the PS5-like BC-250 Cryptomining Card https://hackaday.com/2026/06/09/re-enable-all-compute-units-on-the-ps5-like-bc-250-cryptomining-card/
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Re-Enable All Compute Units On The PS5-like BC-250 Cryptomining Card

The custom APU at the core of Sony’s PlayStation 5 hasn’t just been quietly powering these game consoles, but also made their way onto cryptomining cards around 2023 which are called th…

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__Miguel_May 31

I... ugh... might have made a silly...

Bf set up a weekend outing, which is awesome.

Coincidentally, the place we went to was 30 minutes away from someone selling a whole #bc250 server...

As in, the full rack case, with the 12(!) blades in it, the two PSUs, and the SCREECHING LOUD fans...

So, expect a dozen ex-mining blades to hit the market as #steammachine soon, I guess?

Yay for getting those things out of the mining and potentially AI churn, maybe?

Also, from what I understood from the seller, they have A LOT of those available, so I might be able to liberate more of them, with any luck.

Hackaday [Unofficial]Mar 18

Repurposing Old AMD APUs For AI Work

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/repurposing-old-amd-apus-for-ai-work/

13 Mar 18

Repurposing Old AMD APUs For AI Work https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/repurposing-old-amd-apus-for-ai-work/
#Computerhacks #MachineLearning #Ai #Amdapu #Amdbc250 #APU #Bc250 #Machinelearning

Repurposing Old AMD APUs For AI Work

The BC250 is what AMD calls an APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit. It combines a GPU and CPU into a single unit, and was originally built to serve as the heart of certain Samsung rack mount server…

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Shane Rogers Mar 5

Part of me really wants to pick up a #BC250, but I can't justify the inflated cost for something that's kind of, well, not a necessity.

It would be awesome to have I've for a mini #SteamOS box and would be great for the kiddos. But, yeah, I think I'm about half a year behind on that bad boy.

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"Make Kersplat" 🦈🍁Feb 24, 2025

I will say compile time is shockingly good, even though the NVMe drive is limited to PCIe 2.0 x4 bandwidth! The CPU has 6 cores/12 threads (instead of 8/16), and it's possible the highly parallel GDDR6 memory actually *kicks arse* when parallel compiling! I.e. no cores are starved. #BC250 #Linux

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RenézuCode Jan 11, 2025

finally got to use @1bitsquared @whitequark @esden & friends amazing #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer more today to incircuit flash the BIOS of the asrock / amd #BC250 #Sony #PlayStation5 -like up cycled #APU https://www.instagram.com/p/DEry-h2IIjY/

RenézuCode on Instagram: "@1bitsquared @piesden #glasgow #interface #explorer @asrock_official #BC250 @AMD #BC-250 #GDDR6 #Sony #PlayStation #PS5-like #APU #Mining #Rig #x86 #zen #t2sde #t2linux #bitcoin #crypto #flash #BIOS"

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