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11-14-2016, 11:48 AM
On 12 November 2016, 17:02:17 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:673*2^3330436+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122491)The prime is 1,002,564 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (https://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 193rd overall. The discovery was made by Randall Scalise (Randall J. Scalise (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=8634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.50GHz with 8GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 12 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. The prime was verified on 12 November 2016, 17:23:33 UTC by John S. Chambers (Johnny Rotten (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=232869)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 23 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. John is a member of the SETI.USA (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=189) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (https://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3330436.pdf).
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