Largest known prime number discovered

[Kevin Lancaster]

Largest known prime number discovered

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search celebrated its 20th anniversary with the discovery of the new largest known prime number.

 

[MrGray]

Epic news! I'm sure the world will be a better place now.

 

[Gezza]

So, what are they going to do with this number? Can we have Zuma read it out for us so we get a nice breakdown?

 

[konfab]

Epic news! I'm sure the world will be a better place now.

I bet similar people said similar things about complex numbers.

 

[LazyLion]

That's also the telephone number of Eccentrica Galumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6.

 

[saturnz]

So, what are they going to do with this number? Can we have Zuma read it out for us so we get a nice breakdown?

I think bitcoin works as a result of prime numbers.

 

[agentrfr]

Epic news! I'm sure the world will be a better place now.

Cryptographic systems are based off of prime numbers. A new prime number opens lots of possibilities, especially a very big prime number.

 

[MrGray]

Cryptographic systems are based off of prime numbers. A new prime number opens lots of possibilities, especially a very big prime number.

Interesting, thanks.

 

[Thor]

What was the flaw in the intel CPU?

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Cool!

 

[furpile]

What was the flaw in the intel CPU?

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...causes-pcs-to-freeze-during-complex-workloads

Intel has confirmed that its Skylake processors suffer from a bug that can cause a*system to freeze when performing complex workloads.*Discovered by mathematicians*at the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), the bug occurs when using the GIMPS Prime95 application to find Mersenne primes.

 

[Johnatan56]

What was the flaw in the intel CPU?

The issue rears its ugly head when performing complex workloads like those used in Prime 95. Specifically, the exponent 14,942,209 has been singled out as a source of crashing.
It's publicly unclear at this time exactly why the bug is happening. We do know that it affects both Linux and Windows-based systems and isn't affected by underclocking or overclocking. Because it only surfaces under extremely complex workloads, it's unlikely to affect the vast majority of users.
Regardless, Intel said it has identified and released a fix and is working with motherboard makers to get the patch out to end-users via BIOS update. No word yet on how long it'll take manufacturers get the updates out to their users.

http://www.techspot.com/news/63430-...-crash-intel-skylake-cpus.html#commentsOffset

 

[Thor]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...causes-pcs-to-freeze-during-complex-workloads

Intel has confirmed that its Skylake processors suffer from a bug that can cause a*system to freeze when performing complex workloads.*Discovered by mathematicians*at the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), the bug occurs when using the GIMPS Prime95 application to find Mersenne primes.

http://www.techspot.com/news/63430-...-crash-intel-skylake-cpus.html#commentsOffset

Ahhh, makes sense.

Wait... I have a SKylake CPU.........

Man this sucks

 

[Johnatan56]

Ahhh, makes sense.

Wait... I have a SKylake CPU.........

Man this sucks

The chance of you encountering the bug is virtually 0.

 

[Thor]

The chance of you encountering the bug is virtually 0.

I would hope so

 

[Antybubbs]

Eh?

 

[raind33r]

Anyone else see that page jump right and left when scrolling down and up ?