Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replies to me...
> On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 09:28:08AM -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
> >So how far before we hit 64 bit and *really* get nailed for speed??
>
> You mean 64 bits of optimal factoring? Unless George comes up with
> something very smart (ie. a new factoring algorithm), I guess we
> will be stuck with 64 bits as optimal for a while, I'm afraid :-(
Well, the current range of Mp candidate values (just under 8,000,000) is
described as using a 63 bit 'factor'... I would assume eventually this has
to go to 64 bits, but I'm not clear on the relationship between the exponent
and the FFT size and the 'fact bits' listed on the test status pages.
-jrp
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