A test version of the GPU sieving application is now available for Apple silicon Macs (M1 and newer). The cuda-sieve code has been ported to Apple’s Metal GPU API, allowing the integrated GPUs in...
Work has progressed nicely on the GPU sieving apps based on cuda-sieve. Linux and Windows apps are now available for NVIDIA GPUs, with support extended to Maxwell (such as the GTX 970) and newer...
User Weber462 found a 72-digit prime factor of an XYYXF number using ECM. This is the
largest ECM factor found this year,
and the 31th largest of all time.Source
From September 7 14:41 to September 12 14:41 PrimeGrid will be running a 5 day challenge on the Sierpinski/Riesel Base 5 project. Note the unusual start and end times!
For more information, please...
SkyHighWeFly, a member of the team Antarctic Crunchers found a megaprime for base S136.
The prime 16165*136^487629+1 has 1.040.380 digits and entered the T5k PrimePages.Source
A new GPU lattice sieve for NFS, cuda-sieve, was recently released. A new app has been added to NFS@Home to test this. Currently, it's only available for nVidia Ampere or higher GPUs running x86_64...
