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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
9, 1999 1:13 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.
>
> Jot
senne@Base. Com
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
>
> 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
ne@Base. Com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Mersenne: EFF and 10,000,000 digits
> Aaron Blosser wrote:
> >
> > > I have heard some insider news that Intel *could* hit the 1 GigaHertz
mark
> > > by years end if they had a reas
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?
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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, b
> 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 c
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 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 process
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 hasn't been holding true. We are a
factor of abou
>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 qu
>>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 hop
At 10:08 AM 6/6/99 -0600, Aaron Blosser wrote:
>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 recei
> 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?
>
> ++
> | Jud McCranie |
> ++
The EFF had a
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