A former Nvidia employee discovered the world’s largest known prime number and all it took was some free software and a few thousand datacenter GPUs
Earlier this month, Luke Durant, a former Nvidia employee from San Jose, California gained one of the rarer accomplishments in mathematics. With the help of just a few thousand graphics cards spread across 17 countries’ datacenters and some free… Article Source https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-former-nvidia-employee-discovered-the-worlds-largest-known-prime-number-and-all-it-took-was-some-free-software-and-a-few-thousand-datacenter-gpus/