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[SRBase] project update

After returning from the hospital after a stroke, there has been a little progress with health. in 3 weeks a rehab is planned.

project updates so far:

- cert update
- gimps reserved results have all been reported
- server backup

still to be done...

2 results still need to be reported
RAM check as planned since 2 weeks

Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes, I wish everything would be better, maybe we'll be back at full speed in a month

View article · Wed, 1 May 2024 06:30:22 +0000

[World Community Grid] ARP restart update

The ARP team is preparing to restart after the project was put on pause in December 2022. This article outlines the steps that we are taking in order to restart this project.

View article · Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:09:54 +0000

[PrimeGrid] GFN 19 Found!

On 13 April 2024, 03:42:53 UTC, PrimeGrid's Generalized Fermat Prime Search found the Mega Prime: 8630170^524288+1 The prime is 3,636,472 digits long and will enter “The Largest Known Primes Database” ranked 11th for Generalized Fermat primes and 83rd overall. The discovery was made by Antonio Lucendo (Trotador) of Spain using a dual CPU AMD EPYC 7B13 64-Core Processor @ 2.20GHz with 173GB RAM, running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. This computer took about 4 hours, 45 minutes to complete the probable prime (PRP) test using Genefer22. Antonio Lucendo is a member of the XtremeSystems team. The PRP was confirmed prime on 14 April 2024 by an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 4.2GHz, running Debian 12.5. This computer took about 26 hours, 11 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. For more details, please see the official announcement.

View article · Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:26:08 +0000

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BOINC Workshop 2024
The 20th annual BOINC Workshop will be held 29-31 May,
at CERN in Geneva. Learn more and register.
30 Apr 2024, 5:26:29 UTC · Discuss

BOINC wins a prize
BOINC is a prize winner in the WSIS competition for E-Science projects. Congratulations to all of us!
18 Apr 2024, 3:11:38 UTC · Discuss

BOINC needs your vote (by Thu 4 April) for a UN-sponsored award
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a United Nations-sponsored initiative aimed at building inclusive and equitable information societies worldwide. BOINC has been nominated for a prize at the 2024 WSIS forum, and has passed initial hurdles; the last step involves public voting.

Vote for BOINC! Instructions are here.
25 Mar 2024, 22:06:52 UTC · Discuss

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