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03-30-16, 01:16 AM
On 24 March 2016, 00:45:48 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:393*2^3349525+1 (https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=121472)The prime is 1,008,311 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 153rd overall.The discovery was made by Timothy Reichard (Timothy Reichard (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=17997)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4960HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz with 16GB RAM, running Darwin. This computer took about 1 hour 10 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR.The prime was verified on 24 March 2016, 00:58:33 UTC, by Alex Huetter (ahlx (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=81924)) of Austria using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz with 4GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Professional. This computer took about 1 hour 14 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Alex is a member of the Gentoo Linux Users Everywhere (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=196) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3349525.pdf).
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