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 Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: PrimeGrid Megabit Prime for 27121 Search |
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On 23 Dec 2009, PrimeGrid's PRPNet found a megabit prime:27*2 2218064+1The prime is 667,706 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database ranked 56th overall.The discovery was made by Honza Cholt (Honza) of the Czech Republic using a dual Intel Xeon @ 3.06GHz with 4GB RAM. This computer took 2 hours 38 minutes and 59 seconds to complete the primality test. Honza is a member of the team BOINC.SK For more details about this search, please see this forum thread.
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Source: PrimeGrid
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