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11-27-16, 12:52 PM
On 27 November 2016, 04:28:15 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:611*2^3334875+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122540)The prime is 1,003,901 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 John S. Chambers (Johnny Rotten (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=232869)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. This computer took about 45 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.The prime was verified on 27 November 2016 04:44:08 UTC, by John Murphy (TheDawgz (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=25193)) of the United States using an GenuineIntel Virtual CPU with 746MB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 53 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. John 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 (https://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3334875.pdf).
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