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05-30-2017, 09:55 AM
On 27 May 2017, 18:34:13 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 1167*2^3399748+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123402) The prime is 1,023,430 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 202nd overall. The discovery was made by Eric Eskam (Doc No (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=33689)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 17 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Eric is a member of the Heinlein Fans (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=4222) team. The prime was verified on 27 May 2017, 20:33:53 UTC by Amy Chambers (Buckeye74 (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=3404)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Core Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 15 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Amy is a member of the Sigma Omicron Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=446) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3399748.pdf).
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