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VOL. I·NO. 01
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
  1. 001Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Plausibly fastest prime sieving algorithm

    RED2 is an experimental prime sieving algorithm optimized for computing primes up to 10 trillion, achieving significant memory reductions through cofactor compression and tighter calendar bounds compared to the frozen v0.34 version. The package includes benchmarking tools to compare performance against primesieve across various thread counts and limits, with results dependent on compiler, cache, and memory bandwidth rather than CPU-specific optimizations.

    By mikzerafa