Microsoft launches prime number

campaign
Microsoft is calling on businesses, schools and individuals to help identify lost prime numbers.
The challenge is designed to give schools, businesses and universities the chance to access the
computing power of Microsofts data centers.
The largest prime number discovered is 17 million decimal digits long. Steve Plank, cloud
computing and STEM evangelist at Microsoft said: In order to map large prime numbers of
hundreds of digits powerful technology, which can quickly sift through and crunch numbers, is
required.
The campaign is accompanied by a deep zoom graphic by Shoot hill, illustrating the largest
prime number discovered