Pi
- Posted by Kat <kat at kogeijin.com> Dec 10, 2002
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This is what string math is for: A team of Japanese researchers say they have calculated Pi to 1.24 trillion digits. The most accurate previous calculation only stretched to 206 billion places. They calculated the value for pi with a Hitachi supercomputer over 400 hours in September. Kanada’s team spent five years designing the program used in the September experiment, Kudo said. The Hitachi supercomputer is capable of 2 trillion calculations per second. Kat
