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05-24-17, 07:53 AM
On 22 May 2017 21:53:30 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 611*2^3398273+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123393) The prime is 1,022,985 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 Randall Scalise (Randall J. Scalise (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=8634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz with 8GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 18 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. The prime was verified on 24 May 2017 04:17:13 UTC by Luis DeJesus (lajjr (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=21856)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4510U @ 2.00GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Core Edition. This computer took about 5 hours 10 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Luis is a member of the Latinos Aqui (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=3305) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3398273.pdf).
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