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07-14-16, 10:23 PM
On 21 June 2016, 15:59:00 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:329*2^3518451+1 (https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=121817)The prime is 1,059,162 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 132nd overall.The discovery was made by Stefan Larsson (288larsson (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=58815)) of Sweden using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10. This computer took about 1 hour 20 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Stefan is a member of the Sicituradastra. (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1596) team.The prime was verified on 23 June 2016, 19:45:48 UTC, by Wiktor Jezioro (Wiktor (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=381975)) of Poland using an Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v2 @ 3.00GHz with 30GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 57 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Wiktor is a member of the BOINC@Poland (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3518451.pdf).
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