Google bakes world's largest pi

Tom Allen
clock • 2 min read

Google developer Emma Iwao has claimed a Guiness World Record for calculating pi to 31.4 trillion digits using Google Cloud

Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which starts as 3.1415 and just keeps going, has many applications. Engineers use it to measure the circular velocity of things like ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Big Tech's datacentre emissions much higher than officially reported

Datacentre

Actual impact could be more than 600% higher than claimed

clock 17 September 2024 • 4 min read
Google Chrome can now make its own decisions on your safety

Internet

The browser's newest version can act by itself to snip out unwanted permissions

clock 13 September 2024 • 1 min read
Google launches new image generation model with improved capabilities and safeguards

Artificial Intelligence

Previous version was criticised for historical inaccuracies in generated images

clock 30 August 2024 • 2 min read
Most read
01

Fortinet confirms data breach

16 September 2024 • 2 min read
03

Ransomware targets London branch of China's ICBC

13 September 2024 • 2 min read
04
05

IT Essentials: Closing the open source tap

16 September 2024 • 3 min read

Sign up to our newsletter

The best news, stories, features and photos from the day in one perfectly formed email.

More on Cloud and Infrastructure

Interview: Worldline UK&I, Cloud Excellence Awards finalist

Interview: Worldline UK&I, Cloud Excellence Awards finalist

'There is significant interest in AI'

clock 06 September 2024 • 4 min read
Improving the user experience through cloud innovation: DLGs shift to Azure Virtual Desktop

Improving the user experience through cloud innovation: DLGs shift to Azure Virtual Desktop

As an organisation with a mission to be brilliant for customers every day, it’s important to provide best-in-class IT services that enable this. So, in a significant move towards enhancing its technological infrastructure and removing legacy technology,...

Richard Higgins
clock 04 September 2024 • 2 min read
Sensors and Sensibility - Ctrl Alt Lead podcast

Sensors and Sensibility - Ctrl Alt Lead podcast

Bringing connectivity to forests, farms and fields

Tom Allen
clock 27 August 2024 • 1 min read