Is it possible to design a CPU Algo?

[aar]

As per topic, maybe something that depends on something only available in CPU?

Far out there, but would it be possible to design an algo that only performs with a branch predictor or some other component only found on CPU?

[LukkasG]

this kind of mining is unfeasible .. since the processors and GPU of a cell phone are infinitely smaller than a PC .. if it were you I would rather sell the cell phone .. and try to buy a lower machine with a good processor and perform mining via CPU will be more profitable than burning your Mobile ..

[Jdope]

You can check out a coin called Zoin, i think their algorithm is a CPU only algorithm, i like these coins as they give mining capabilities to almost anyone.

[TimeHacker]

As long as I know, all coins using the cryptonight hashing algorythm (Monero, Bytecoin, Aeon, DigitalNote, etc.) are quite CPU-friendly. It's still a bit better to mine them with GPU, but the advantage is not that big if you have a new CPU which has the AVS/AVX instruction set.

[anon4250158]

Cryptonight coins are still really good for CPU-only miners.  I've mined Monero off and on.  Is primecoin still CPU-only, or has it moved up to GPUs, etc?  It's not worth too much, but if you only have CPU...