Project Update

[Dingo]

[Yoyo@home] P75 ECM factor!
User user3928 found a 75-digit prime factor of an XYYXF number using ECM. This is the largest ECM factor found this year, and the 8th largest of all time.

View article · Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000

[Dingo]

[Yoyo@home] sr2sieve wu generation
I changed the workunit generation for sr2sieve workunits, workunits which are named sr2_*. The sieve range is now smaller and workunits are running faster. With this they are fitting also better die old CPUs and ARM processors.

View article · Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000

[Dingo]

[Yoyo@home] sr2sieve wu runtime increased
I increased the runtime for sr2sieve workunits. They should now run twice as long as before.

View article · Fri, 3 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000

[Dingo]

[Yoyo@home] sr2sieve wu needs much RAM
The workunits of the current S31 batch requiring 3 GB of RAM or more. Also workunits of the next R19 batch using much RAM.

View article · Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000

[Dingo]

Yoyo@home] New App "ECM P2 (20 GB RAM)" in test
I'm currently testing a new app for ECM which requires up to 20 GB of RAM. If you have such a system and want to help testing, please enable the app in your project settings. Validation and credit granting is not yet implemented for this app.

View article · Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

[Abruraspingi]

Wow 20GB of ram. That's crazy