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02-20-17, 09:11 AM
On 18 February 2017 06:57:35 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 617*2^3368119+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122988) The prime is 1,013,908 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 Kimmo Koski (Cinclus (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=289601)) of Finland using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz with 24GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Core Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 42 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Kimmo is a member of the Aggie The Pew (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2280) team. The prime was verified on 18 February 2017, 09:31:18 UTC by Alen Kecic (Freezing (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=291144)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4219M CPU @ 2.60GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Edition. This computer took about 56 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Alen is a member of the SETI.Germany (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=11) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3368119.pdf).
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