RAM mining?

[NothinG]

I doubt its possible, but worth a good discussion.

Would or is it possible to mine with RAM?
I understand how mining works, and understand what RAM is.

I'm just saying, I could go buy a shit load of ram and off-load it onto a dedi or two cheaper than these damn GFX cards. xD

[finway]

I doubt that.

[John (John K.)]

I doubt its possible, but worth a good discussion.

Would or is it possible to mine with RAM?
I understand how mining works, and understand what RAM is.

I'm just saying, I could go buy a shit load of ram and off-load it onto a dedi or two cheaper than these damn GFX cards. xD

You can't calculate with RAM. Why not use a harddrive then?

[Jambo]

that doesn't even make any sense. Mining requires calculation processing power which RAM has none.

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that doesn't even make any sense. Mining requires calculation processing power which RAM has none.

There are prototype boards that have mini APUs (application processor units) directly connected to RAM. As such you can load the RAM with and  have the APU process the contents and read it back out without using the CPU. I think it was on engadget sometime in the last four weeks or so. I can't remember the manufacturer/dev though, or I would directly link it.


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[John (John K.)]

that doesn't even make any sense. Mining requires calculation processing power which RAM has none.

There are prototype boards that have mini APUs (application processor units) directly connected to RAM. As such you can load the RAM with and  have the APU process the contents and read it back out without using the CPU. I think it was on engadget sometime in the last four weeks or so. I can't remember the manufacturer/dev though, or I would directly link it.


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Now this starts to make sense. However why don't just get the APU's minus the ram? Should be lower cost,at least.Seems like one of those FPGA's now 

[Hunterbunter]

I understand how mining works, and understand what RAM is.

Are you sure? You could only ask the question you did if your understanding of one of them is slightly askew.

It's also possible I (and others) misunderstand what you think there is up for discussion about it...so what do you mean can RAM be used to mine?

[JoelKatz]

There are prototype boards that have mini APUs (application processor units) directly connected to RAM. As such you can load the RAM with and  have the APU process the contents and read it back out without using the CPU. I think it was on engadget sometime in the last four weeks or so. I can't remember the manufacturer/dev though, or I would directly link it.

Right, but what would the RAM do? It seems like the RAM serves no purpose. The APUs would be mining in that case, and there'd be some RAM there that you would be paying for but not be using.

[Gabi]

Posting in an epic thread.

Suddenly GPU with a lot of RAM are epic useful.

And you still haven't see my USB key mining...

[DeathAndTaxes]

Wow.

If anything AMD selling a card with LESS RAM would be better.  

Not sure where you get the idea that RAM does anything except raise wattage and the cost of a card.

[Kluge]

Next up, mining with case fans.

[rTech]

Next up, mining with case fans.

Thats old news ..

[kliffen]

I'll make a mining software for my Noctua fans

[rTech]

I'll make a mining software for my Noctua fans

I also try to develope miner specified for Scythe's Gentle Typhoon's LMAO

[kliffen]

I'll make a mining software for my Noctua fans

I also try to develope miner specified for Scythe's Gentle Typhoon's LMAO

I have a really good mouse too, i'll make a miner for it

[Gabi]

I dunno about RAM mining but some guys tried sound card mining.

I'm still working on BluRay mining btw

[BlueCorp]

I dunno about RAM mining but some guys tried sound card mining.

I'm still working on BluRay mining btw

What about HD DVD mining?

[Gunny]

How would BuRay mining work?  Are the drives programmable enough to do that?

[Gabi]

I'm working on a miner that you put on the blu ray disk and on a customized firmware. You put the firmware in the device, you insert the blu ray disk with the miner and it mine. It should be ready in 4-6 weeks

[kliffen]

I'm currently looking at the possibilities for floppy mining, promising results so far!