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12-13-16, 09:55 AM
On 12 December 2016, 08:33:42 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 733*2^3340464+1 (https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122592) The prime is 1,005,583 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (https://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 191st overall. The discovery was made by Randall Scalise (Randall J. Scalise (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=8634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz with 8GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 14 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. The prime was verified on 13 December 2016, 05:33:05 UTC by Rafal Foryszewski (4ys (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=190288)) of Poland using an Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz with 2GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. This computer took about 5 Hours 56 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Rafal is a member of the BOINC@Poland (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (https://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3340464.pdf).
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