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		voxadam on July 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pi calculation world record with over 202T digits Watts are a measure of instantaneous power, wouldn't the number of Watt-hours (or kW⋅h) be more interesting in this context?

roflmaostc on July 15, 2024 | [–]

2400 Watts times 85 days

euroderf on July 15, 2024 | | [–]

About 4900 kWh. A few hundred bucks of EL ? Maybe more than a grand ?

And prices-per-digit so low we're practically giving them away !

gizajob on July 15, 2024 | [–]

Interesting in that it’s not a Cray or a mainframe, chugging megawatts for weeks on end to do the same thing.

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