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		saagarjha on Jan 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 12.1T Digits of Pi For benchmarks like these, I'm curious how many CPU cycles it takes per digit. A hundred? A thousand?

tim333 on Jan 13, 2019 [–]

If you assume 2.9 billion cycle per sec times 94 days divided by 12 trillion you get 2000 cycles per digit.

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