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There are certain scientific tasks, which need more
computing power than a single PC, workstation, or server can provide. A keen innovation began in the ’70s, aimed to
build a multiprocessor computer, these computers with prominent speed were
called supercomputers. With the
increasing development of science and technology, the supercomputer became a
necessary instrument, because the new projects and models needed bigger and
bigger computing capacity. Today even the supercomputers with the speed of several
teraflops cannot satisfy the emerging claims.
The Grid applications put together the unused CPU capacity
of computers connected to the Internet in order to make a huge virtual
supercomputer.
In the Grid network, the most different, remote devices can
be connected.
The system uses the existing but not exploited capacity of
after hours computers, or certain equipment not fully used.
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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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