- Emma Haruka Iwao has broken her personal record for computing pi.
- Computes pi to its 100 trillionth digit, which is zero, using the Google Cloud y-cruncher application.
- needed until March 2022 to complete the procedure, which began in October 2021.
Emma Haruka Iwao, a Google Cloud developer advocate, has broken her personal record for the amount of digits computed for pi set three years ago. Iwao was able to compute pi to its 31.4 trillionth digit in 2019, and now she has found pi to its 100 trillionth digit, which is zero, using the same Google Cloud y-cruncher application.
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Another notable distinction is the vast volumes of data that must be processed in order to calculate figures thus far ahead. According to the blog post, computers processed nearly 19,000 TB (terabytes) of data during the initial record-breaking computation. The machine handled around 82,000 TB of data this time to calculate 100 trillion digits.
The blog article also included some amusing facts to demonstrate how large 100 trillion is in human terms. According to reports, 100 trillion inches of pie crust would span 3,304 times from Earth to the moon. If you want to examine the source code or download all 100 trillion digits for yourself, you can do so right here.
We did it again! We successfully calculated 100 trillion digits of π using @googlecloud, a new world record! Check out the announcement for more technical details here https://t.co/UKcFchGisl
— Emma Haruka Iwao 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@Yuryu) June 8, 2022
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Despite the increased processing speed, the news was made after Pi Day 2022. However, it arrives just in time for Tau Day, which falls on June 28th and honours a different circle constant that has been forgotten since it doesn’t rhyme with pie.
