Super PI

Super PI is a computer program that calculates pi to a specified number of decimal places, up to 32 million. It uses the Gauss - Legendre integration and is a Windows version of the program, with the Yasumasa Canada 1995, the number pi has been calculated to 232 places.

Importance for the computer world

The application Super PI is mostly used by users who overclock their computer. The program can determine both how fast the computer is absolutely, so you can compare the result with other computers. In particular, the performance of the CPU and memory has been instrumental in the outcome of the calculations. Although Super PI is not the fastest program to compute the wave number, it is still extremely popular in professional circles.

Falsifications of results

In order to achieve better and better results and faster times, some PI results and screenshots are fake. Thus, there is extremely good values ​​that can not be achieved even on the most modern systems in reality. A modified version of Super PI will therefore have an opportunity for validation of the results integrated in order to help identify counterfeit impossible and error.

Development

As Super PI first appeared, it was designed for single-core processors. Meanwhile, however, have many CPUs two or more cores, for this reason had to be adapted Super PI, so now all available cores are used. This leads to much higher performance and faster times. The program also lost due to the increased processing speed and the shortened processing time for the stability test is becoming increasingly important, since it does not run long enough to be able to detect errors or instability. Therefore, more and more other programs are used for such tests.