AMDave
02-03-2015, 06:40 AM
PPS MEGA Prime of the Month!
On 1 February 2015, 16:49:00 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime:159*2^3425766+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=119192)The prime is 1,031,261 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 107th overall.The discovery was made by Evelyn Chew (Crackenback (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=299026)) of Australia using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 8GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise. This computer took about 1 hour 31 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Evelyn is a member of the BOINC@AUSTRALIA (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=25) team.The prime was verified on 1 February 2015, 19:11:39 UTC, by Matt Jurach (mattozan (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=90031)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz with 16GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 8.1. This computer took about 6 hours and 9 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Matt is a member of the Aggie The Pew (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2280) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3425766.pdf).
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On 1 February 2015, 16:49:00 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime:159*2^3425766+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=119192)The prime is 1,031,261 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 107th overall.The discovery was made by Evelyn Chew (Crackenback (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=299026)) of Australia using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 8GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise. This computer took about 1 hour 31 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Evelyn is a member of the BOINC@AUSTRALIA (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=25) team.The prime was verified on 1 February 2015, 19:11:39 UTC, by Matt Jurach (mattozan (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=90031)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4500U CPU @ 1.80GHz with 16GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 8.1. This computer took about 6 hours and 9 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Matt is a member of the Aggie The Pew (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2280) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3425766.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=6132)