AMDave
08-07-2014, 11:19 AM
New MEGA prime found!
On 24 July 2014, 3:59:36 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime:129*2^3328805+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118246)The prime is 1,002,073 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 98th overall.The discovery was made by Eric Clifton (Grandpa (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=83687)) of the United States using an Intel Core i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 16GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. This computer took about 46 minutes 7 seconds to complete the primality test using LLR. Eric is a member of the [H]ard|OCP (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1710) team.In addition to being verified internally, the prime was also verified on 27 July 2014, 3:34:11 UTC, by Vladislav Ketamino (ThrasherX-17 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=75183)) of the Ukraine using a Genuine Intel CPU @ 1.60GHz with 8 GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate. This computer took about 2 hours and 18 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Vladislav is a member of the Keep The Fire Alive! (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2833) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3328805.pdf).
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On 24 July 2014, 3:59:36 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime:129*2^3328805+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118246)The prime is 1,002,073 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 98th overall.The discovery was made by Eric Clifton (Grandpa (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=83687)) of the United States using an Intel Core i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 16GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. This computer took about 46 minutes 7 seconds to complete the primality test using LLR. Eric is a member of the [H]ard|OCP (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1710) team.In addition to being verified internally, the prime was also verified on 27 July 2014, 3:34:11 UTC, by Vladislav Ketamino (ThrasherX-17 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=75183)) of the Ukraine using a Genuine Intel CPU @ 1.60GHz with 8 GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate. This computer took about 2 hours and 18 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Vladislav is a member of the Keep The Fire Alive! (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2833) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3328805.pdf).
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