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02-26-16, 05:38 PM
On 21 February 2016, 16:55:42 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:387*2^3322763+1 (https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=121243)The prime is 1,000,254 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 152nd overall.The discovery was made by Sami Heikkilä (samuel7 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=39425)) of Finland using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10. This computer took about 1 hour 6 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Sami is a member of the PrimeSearchTeam (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=696) team.The prime was verified on 24 February 2016, 15:14:59 UTC, by William Donovan (Williamd007 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=76891)) of the United States using an AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10. This computer took about 2 hours 27 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. William is a member of the The Knights Who Say Ni! (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=16) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3322763.pdf).
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