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Meteorology is perhaps the greatest consumer of the advanced computer industry. Nowadays 30-50 computational forecasts are made daily in the biggest forecast centers which have some deflection. The expert picks out the probable weather from the data of the collective forecasts. The meteorological models need computers with the biggest computing capacity available on the globe. In the past, computers’ content and operational ability was not enough to make adequate weather forecasts.

Among others this was the reason why we had to wait almost 25 years until the accuracy of the computational forecast could be rivaled with the traditional forecast method.  The engagement of faster computers have meant to the meteorologists, that atmosphere models were increasingly accurate and detailed.

The meaning of GRID is that computers connected to a network can accomplish a task in need of huge computing capacity by dividing it among each other.  With this a supercomputer-performance storage capacity and computing efficiency comes off, even in desktop computer environment for only fragments of the price of a supercomputer.  The available computing capacity on the one hand can be used in the models’ development, on the other hand it can be used int he virtual forecast calculation. Nowadays there are several GRID projects running in meteorology.

Based on a GRID system climate project, several british universities and the British Meteorological Institute have joined forces in order to build a worldwide „presumption-based forecast” for the clime changes that can occur in our century. The project examines whether the global warming causes the change of the Gulf Stream or not. If it happens to be true, then what consequences can we expect.

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„We think that we could only sell about 5 computers worldwide” Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

 „The computers of the future would weight maybe less than 1,5 tons” Popular Mechanics magazine, 1949

 „There’s no reason why would anyone want to buy a computer” Ken Olson, establisher and director of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

 

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Econet.hu Plc. have won another proposal

The consortium led by econet.hu Plc. had got significant support in the frames of the 2005. Jedlik Ányos Programme. In the centre of the supported project stands econet.hu Rt’s Global Desktop Grid (GDG) technology, which can be used to efficiently solve tasks what need huge computing capacity. The expendable support exceeds the 100 million forints. This sum of money can be used to employ the technology (which already have big professional responses) outside the closed milieu of laboratories or enterprises.

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Econet.hu Plc. have made a successful proposal

The consortium wherein econet.hu Plc. have participated made a successful proposal which covered the development of Regional University Knowledge Centers in the frames of the 2005.Pázmány Péter Programme. In the supported project the Grid technology -ensured by econet.hu Plc.- gets a prominent role as an application for the tasks which need huge computing capacity. For the development and employment of this technology, the tender’s budget offers way above 10 million forints.

 
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