The number Pi is commonly approximated to 3.14 and is known as an irrational number with infinitely non-repeating decimal digits. It represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, allowing us to calculate the circumference of any circle if we know its diameter or radius. Calculating the decimal places of Pi has been a topic of interest in mathematics, with NASA scientists requiring only the first 15 decimal places for accurate calculations. Solidigm, an American corporation specializing in computer hardware, has announced Pi Day on March 14 and calculated Pi to approximately 105 trillion decimal places.

If we were to write down this number using a 10-point font size, it would span about 3.7 million kilometers, reaching from Earth to Uranus and Neptune. The calculation took about 75 days using Solidigm’s supercomputers equipped with solid-state drives. These powerful computers store approximately 1 petabyte of data. To perform such calculations, processors with significant calculation capacity and storage capacity are required.

The CEO of Solidigm, Brian Bailer, described the achievement as meticulous planning, optimization, and execution. In April 2023, Solidigm broke the record by calculating approximately 100 trillion decimal places, verified by Google Cloud in 2022. Before that, the record was set at 62.8 trillion digits by the Griots supercomputer in 2021, taking 108 days. Previously, in 2020, Timothée from Caltech reached 50 trillion digits with his personal computer.

According to the book “Records of the World’s Computer,” the contemporary world record for reciting the most decimal places of Pi is 70,000 digits. This record was set by a human computer who recited them on March 21, 2015, at VIT University in Rajasthan, India. As computers continue to advance, we will uncover more and larger digits of Pi. However, due to its infinite nature, we will never be able to solve the entire number, no matter how powerful our computers become.