New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Title for Most Accurate Value of Pi – 300 Trillion Digits Calculated Using KIOXIA NVMe SSDs
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has collaborated with Linus Media Group, creator of Linus Tech Tips and other influential technology-focused YouTubeTM channels, to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Most Accurate Value of Pi. A groundbreaking 300 trillion digits were calculated and have been officially verified and confirmed by Guinness World Records1.
The record-smashing computation was enabled by a high-performance storage cluster comprising 2.2 petabytes (PB)* of 30.72 terabyte (TB) CM Series and 15.36 TB CD Series PCIe® NVMe™-based solid-state drives (SSDs) from KIOXIA. These SSDs were configured in a network-attached storage environment connected to a dual-CPU compute server and ran for nearly seven and a half months.
“We knew breaking the Pi record with distributed network storage was going to be difficult – no one had really done it before due to the performance challenges associated with remote storage,» said Jake Tivy, Writer & Host, Linus Media Group. «Fortunately for us, the reliability and performance of KIOXIA’s NVMe SSDs enabled us to run continuous, intensive compute operations at speeds up to 100+ GB/s for nearly seven months straight, without a single SSD failure.»
“Setting a new Guinness World Records title for the most accurate value of Pi is a monumental achievement, and showcases the capabilities and robustness of our NVMe SSDs,” said Alex Mei, vice president of corporate marketing for KIOXIA America, Inc. “Working with Linus Media Group on this project, we demonstrated what our SSD technology can accomplish under sustained, high-intensity workloads. We’re proud to have achieved this record-breaking milestone with Linus and his team, and look forward to continuing to push the boundaries of flash memory and SSD technology.”
Pi (π) represents the mathematical constant expressing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Its decimal representation extends infinitely without repeating. While the community recognizes records of 100 trillion and even 202 trillion digits have also been performed, this new record surpasses those by nearly 50% and significantly surpasses the previous official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS benchmark of 62 trillion digits by a factor of nearly five.
The record-setting achievement was documented in a feature video released by the Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the project and revealing the final digit of the record-setting calculation: spoiler alert…the 300 trillionth digit of Pi is 5.
To watch the full video, visit: https://youtu.be/BD-AJwqzWsU
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About KIOXIA America, Inc.
KIOXIA America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of KIOXIA Corporation, a leading worldwide supplier of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). From the invention of flash memory to today’s breakthrough BiCS FLASH™ 3D technology, KIOXIA continues to pioneer innovative memory, SSD and software solutions that enrich people’s lives and expand society’s horizons. The company’s innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems. For more information, please visit KIOXIA.com.
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1: As of April 2, 2025: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
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*1 petabyte = 1 billion megabytes.
Definition of capacity: KIOXIA Corporation defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1TB = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
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