Aaron Blosser wrote:
I have heard some insider news that Intel *could* hit the 1 GigaHertz mark
by years end if they had a reason to
Did DEC not demonstrate a gigahertz Alpha chip shortly before Compaq
purchased them?
PM
To: GIMPS
Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
Two things:
1) I do seem to recall a 1GHz Alpha announcement.
2) Was it Intel that bought the Alpha rights? It might have been IBM but
was NOT Compac.
Joth
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:13:19 -0700
From: Joth Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: GIMPS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
Two things:
1) I do seem to recall a 1GHz Alpha
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Jud McCranie wrote:
At 11:30 AM 6/6/99 -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote:
I suppose it depends on whether Moore's Law can continue to hold true. I'm
not so sure that we can keep doubling speeds of processors every 18 months
as predicted...
That's often stated, but it
I just noticed that the EFF is now offering $100,000 prize for the first
10,000,000 digit prime. I assume that this means that they consider the
1,000,000 digit prize essentially considered to have been claimed?
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| Jud McCranie |
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I just noticed that the EFF is now offering $100,000 prize for the first
10,000,000 digit prime. I assume that this means that they consider the
1,000,000 digit prize essentially considered to have been claimed?
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| Jud McCranie |
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The EFF had always
As someone else said, in the time it takes to find a giga-digit prime, why
not throw a couple hundred bucks into a money market account or some other
interest bearing fund...in the time it'd take to find a prime that big,
you'd have already received that much in interest. :-)
Yes. I hope I live
I hope so too (heck, I hope I just live a long life...seeing a giga-digit
prime would be a bonus).
I suppose it depends on whether Moore's Law can continue to hold true. I'm
not so sure that we can keep doubling speeds of processors every 18 months
as predicted...it's already taken them quite a
I have heard some insider news that Intel *could* hit the 1 GigaHertz mark
by years end if they had a reason too (if AMD jumped out with a unexpected
surprise). Once we start hitting the sweet spot in die size I am
under the
impression that they will start exploring the multiple processor
Hi all,
At 02:33 PM 6/6/99 -0500, Amy and Shane Sanford wrote:
My understanding of the purpose of rewards like the EFF is posting is to
foster new and innovative ways to solve problems that almost seem
impossible at the time.
Absolutely. Otherwise, why offer a prize for a billion digit prime.
I'm pretty sure Intel already has test chips running at least that fast,
probably faster. Speeds like that only become mainstream when it's
affordable to mass produce such chips (higher yields) and people are willing
to pay more. I think they'd prefer to milk as much out of us as they can
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