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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:16 pm    Post subject: PrimeGrid: News Megabit Prime for 27121 Search Reply with quote



On 23 Dec 2009, PrimeGrid's PRPNet found a megabit prime: 27*2 2218064+1 The prime is 667,706 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's <a href="http://primes.utm.edu/primes/" rel="nofollow">The Largest Known Primes Database</a> ranked 56th overall. The discovery was made by Honza Cholt (<a href="http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=352" rel="nofollow">Honza</a>) 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 <a href="http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=133" rel="nofollow">BOINC.SK</a> For more details about this search, please see this <a href="http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=1229" rel="nofollow">forum thread</a>.

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