Mersenne: Rambus Memory

2000-07-30 Thread Eric Hahn
Intel benchmarks show little advantage to Rambus! A new series of benchmarks have emerged that show Rambus memory provides less oomph than cheaper, standard high-speed memory. And the odd part is that the tests come from Intel, the major proponent of Rambus. In benchmark tests conducted by

Mersenne: And the winner is....

2000-07-30 Thread Eric Hahn
RE: Statistical Analysis of Prime Exponent Mersennes After much private debate, I'm providing the following I have inquired and received information about. Please, don't flame me or ask me to explain further, as I'm only the messenger and don't have all the answers myself... Q: Can all the

Mersenne: Better late then never?

2000-07-30 Thread Eric Hahn
Hi! All, I apologize if some of the following message are a little late, but I've been "out of commission" recently. At least they're better late than never Eric _ Unsubscribe list info --

Re: Mersenne: Credit for factors found using P-1 tests

2000-07-30 Thread Eric Hahn
Terry S. Arnold wrote: I don't appear to have gotten credit for a factor found with P-1. What is the procedure for getting credit for a factor found during P-1 testing as part of Double checking? Currently, PrimeNet does not provide credit for P-1 factoring. As I recall, George has said v21

Mersenne: P-1 Database

2000-07-30 Thread Eric Hahn
Wanted: Brave Souls Re: P-1 Testing small exponents Besides exponents in the 200,000 - 500,000 range that are available, new ranges in the 751 - 100,000 are now available! Note, however, the smallest exponents have been tested to some degree already. As a result, they will take a good

Mersenne Digest V1 #763

2000-07-30 Thread Mersenne Digest
Mersenne Digest Sunday, July 30 2000 Volume 01 : Number 763 -- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:04:38 -0400 From: Bruce A Metcalf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mersenne: Prime95 shutdown mystery. Several folks