Re: Pi to 10 trillion places


<robin.bruce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No,
>
> I've not done it, but just looking at a graph for pi of decimal places
> versus time (in years). It looks like we're due another step up from
> Kanada's 1.2 trillion places in 2002. Anyone know who's working on this
> stuff and how they're progressing? What's the major challenge to
> overcome? Is it concepts in computer arithmetic that are lacking? Is it
> the difficulties in co-ordinating the multiple processing elements
> required or are there fundamental barriers in theory to be overcome? Is
> it a weighted combination of the three?
>
> I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone developing
> FPGA-based supercomputing nodes with an interest in potential future
> applications.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin Bruce
>

There is no money to fund it. There is no need for it. Where would you
put it? How could you check it?


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