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02-22-17, 08:13 AM
On 21 February 2017 08:08:07 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:839*2^3369383+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123026)The prime is 1,014,289 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 Robert Lacroix (composite (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=55391)) of Canada using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz with 16GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 20 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. The prime was verified on 21 February 2017, 08:16:49 UTC by Eric Ueda (SlangNRox (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=5107)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Edition. This computer took about 1 hours 40 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Eric is a member of the TeAm AnandTech (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=132) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3369383.pdf).
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