I have no idea if true or not but it would not shock me.
Consider:
- Bitmain recently releasing previously unannounced blake miner with shipping within 10 days
- Competition heating up in sha256 mining space so bitmain looking for new markets
- Bitmain seems to be rolling out miners for new algos in blitzkrieg fashon
- Would fit pattern of bitmain building asic chips for gpu algos
- threats from dev teams to change hashing algos or switch to Proof of Stake does not deter them
Where it ends I do not know.
Actually, I do hope Bitmain release that ETH ASIC, as it would be a total game changer.
It is totally not normal to pump for years the GPU production business, the stocks of ATI and NVIDIA skyrocket; on the other hand gaming business is declining as there are literally no video cards to be bought to play the latest top notch games.
Today I also read this article on BBC News (seems legit) which is even more sad if it is true - lack of GPU hinders space research.
https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/964039175686311938So - "Go Bitmain"...