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11-03-17, 10:28 AM
On 2 November 2017, 16:43:22 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 943*2^3440196+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123980) The prime is 1,035,606 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 208th overall. The discovery was made by Lukáš Hron (LookAS (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=21649)) of the Czech Republic using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10. This computer took about 1 hour 30 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Lukáš is a member of the Czech National Team (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=46). The prime was verified on 2 November 2017, 21:52:50 UTC by PrimeGrid user “BarryAZ (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=294957)” of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz with 10GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7. This computer took about 1 hour 9 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. BarryAZ is a member of the BOINC Synergy (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=7) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3440196.pdf).
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