AS400 mining bitcoins?

[autodidactic]

I was told you can use an AS400 to mine bitcoins? true? or fake.

[polrpaul]

I'm not sure that architecture is supported, but let's assume you *could* - what would you plan on doing, CPU mining?   

[grue]

I was told you can use an AS400 to mine bitcoins? true? or fake.

Yes, but the hash rates are abysmal.

[dentldir]

1) Just drop the whole thing in an acid bath
2) Precipitate out the gold content
3) Sell the gold for BTC.

Maximum profit.

[autodidactic]

I was told the way it affixed integers made it a superior bitcoining rig for fractions of the cost.

[notme]

I was told the way it affixed integers made it a superior bitcoining rig for fractions of the cost.

AS/400 hardware mostly uses the power architecture[1].  While superior to x86 for some operations, they still can't compete with ASICs.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i#CPU_in_AS.2F400.2C_iSeries.2C_i5.2C_Power_Systems

[polrpaul]

Sexy:

IBM Power7 (PowerPC)       7.6    MH/s     3.5 Ghz       cgminer    IBM Power7 770, SuSE Linux 11.1, 4 cores, OpenCL, YASM, Altivec

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Other

[autodidactic]

7.6? isn't that wicked low?

[JLM]

1) Just drop the whole thing in an acid bath
2) Precipitate out the gold content
3) Sell the gold for BTC.

Maximum profit.

Genius.