Prime95 29.4
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, GIMPS, finding World Record Primes Since 1996.
This latest version of prime95 has been optimized for Intel's new AVX
instruction set. Owners of Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs (Core
i3/i5/i7 2xxx and 3xxx) will see a substantial performance boost. Any
modern personal computer with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, or FreeBSD can
participate.
How it works:
This page describes what you will need to participate in GIMPS and how it works on your computer. This page is aimed at people with Intel-compatible personal computers, although in many cases it is possible for UNIX and Mac users to participate as well.
In brief, you need:
Most importantly, you will need a lot of patience. Roughly speaking it will take about a month to run a single primality test - visit the benchmark page for a more accurate estimate on your computer.
Setup Instructions for New Users:
Joining GIMPS is usually as simple as downloading and running the program, answering a few questions, and the program does the rest. There are cash awards for discovering a new Mersenne prime!
You can administer your account and computers on your userID's account page. Once you complete a workunit you can track your standings on the competitive stats pages the server updates every hour (see Top Producers in the menu, left, for more stats). You can monitor each of your computers' progress, even remote-control the work assignments they request using your userID's CPUs page!
Linux and FreeBSD versions can also be set up to run every time you restart your computer. Ask for help at the Mersenne Forum.
Questions and Problems:
Please consult the readme.txt file for possible answers. You can also search for an answer, or ask for help in the GIMPS forums. Otherwise, you will need to address your question to one of the two people who wrote the program. Networking and server problems should be sent to Scott Kurowski. Such problems include errors contacting the server, problems with assignments or userids, and errors on the server's statistics page. All other problems and questions should be sent to George Woltman, but please consult the forums first.
Disclaimers:
See GIMPS Terms and Conditions. However, please do send bug reports and suggestions for improvements.
What's New:
How it works:
This page describes what you will need to participate in GIMPS and how it works on your computer. This page is aimed at people with Intel-compatible personal computers, although in many cases it is possible for UNIX and Mac users to participate as well.
In brief, you need:
- a relatively modern computer - though very old computers can still be useful to help other computers find primes.
- your computer on and running more often than off - at least most of the time - it's OK to go on holidays, vacations, etc.
- time and patience - testing for a prime can take weeks even on the fastest computers and months on very old computers.
- an Internet connection available at least once every two months - more often is preferred, weekly or daily is ideal .
Most importantly, you will need a lot of patience. Roughly speaking it will take about a month to run a single primality test - visit the benchmark page for a more accurate estimate on your computer.
Setup Instructions for New Users:
Joining GIMPS is usually as simple as downloading and running the program, answering a few questions, and the program does the rest. There are cash awards for discovering a new Mersenne prime!
- If you have not done so, CREATE YOUR USERID. It's optional, but required to check your account details, computer status and performance statistics and to assign computers to your user ID.
- Download the appropriate free program for your OS
- Create a directory and decompress the file you just downloaded. Windows 7, Vista, and XP have built-in unzip features. Other Windows users can choose from a variety of decompression programs. We use 7-zip. Linux and FreeBSD users should use the standard tar and gzip decompression utilities.
- Start the program! (Linux and FreeBSD users should run the program from the command line with a -m switch, i.e. "./mprime -m"). Enter your optional userID created on the website in Step 1, and optionally name your computer. We recommend Windows users select Options, Start at Bootup or Start at Logon.
You can administer your account and computers on your userID's account page. Once you complete a workunit you can track your standings on the competitive stats pages the server updates every hour (see Top Producers in the menu, left, for more stats). You can monitor each of your computers' progress, even remote-control the work assignments they request using your userID's CPUs page!
Linux and FreeBSD versions can also be set up to run every time you restart your computer. Ask for help at the Mersenne Forum.
Questions and Problems:
Please consult the readme.txt file for possible answers. You can also search for an answer, or ask for help in the GIMPS forums. Otherwise, you will need to address your question to one of the two people who wrote the program. Networking and server problems should be sent to Scott Kurowski. Such problems include errors contacting the server, problems with assignments or userids, and errors on the server's statistics page. All other problems and questions should be sent to George Woltman, but please consult the forums first.
Disclaimers:
See GIMPS Terms and Conditions. However, please do send bug reports and suggestions for improvements.
What's New:
- GIMPS has a new sub-project -- finding (probable) prime Mersenne cofactors.
- Like LL tests, PRP tests now support shift counts to aid in running double-checks.
- PRP tests now support a type of low overhead error checking that almost guarantees correct results even on flaky hardware.
- Because PRP tests are highly reliable, we now offer the option to do PRP tests instead of Lucas-Lehmer primality tests.
- For non-base-2 PRP tests, there is a new option to run each iteration twice and rollback if a mismatch occurs.
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