New PI world record: 105 trillion digits!

[Retro]

This has smashed the previous record of 62.8 trillion digits. Now, when they take pi all the way out to infinity, I'll really be impressed.

On Pi Day (March 14), Solidigm — a U.S. computer storage company based in California — revealed in a statement that it has calculated pi to approximately 105 trillion decimal places.

To put that into context, if you typed out this number on paper using a 10-point font in one continuous line, the number would be around 2.3 billion miles (3.7 billion kilometers) long, meaning it could stretch from Earth to somewhere between Uranus and Neptune. And in case you were wondering, the 105 trillionth digit of pi is 6.

Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits, smashing world record

A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to complete and used up 1 million gigabytes of data.

www.livescience.com

Press release:

Another Serving of Pi: Solidigm SSDs Help Calculate New World Record

After successfully breaking the speed record for calculating Pi to 100 trillion digits last year, the team at StorageReview has taken it up a notch, revealing the known digits of Pi to 105 trillion places!

news.solidigm.com

12 surprising facts about pi to chew on this Pi Day

On Pi Day (March 14) we celebrate perhaps the most iconic irrational number on Earth. From its ancient origins to the unanswered questions, here are some of the most surprising facts about pi.

www.livescience.com

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[Geffers]

A trillion is an enormous figure

60 seconds=1 minute
86400 seconds=1 day
1 trillion seconds=30 THOUSAND YEARS+

Geffers