Reference name: VEIKI

Electric Power Industry Research Institute

Type:

Research institute

Date of foundation:

1964.01.01

Address:

Budapest University of Technology, Department of Steam Engines and Steam Turbines
1016 Budapest, Gellert Hill Street 17
Location: VI. Rudas László Street 27. The High Voltage Laboratory Pestújhely (Zugló)

Founders:

VILLENKI

HÖKI - Thermal Engineering Research Institute

Main goals and areas of activity

Conventional and nuclear power plant heat and electricity generation

Electrical networks and equipment

Automation, computing, information technology

Environmental protection

Strategic studies

Senior management

Pál K. Kovács, director 1964-1970
György Vajda, director 1970-1992
Péter Braun, head of department, head of computer center until 1989

Key figures, key people

Béla Bókai, Computer Center Manager since 1968
Károly Csébfalvi, computer center consultant
Levente Terényi, Razdán-3 computer operator
Vid Ödön, operator of the Razdan-3 computer

Number of IT employees

see: 25 years of the VEIKI book 3. Figure 4.

Revenue

see: 25th anniversary of the VEIKI book "Revenue of all activities of the institution" figure

Computer equipment park

see the 25th anniversary of the VEIKI book "Fixed Assets Stock" figure

Features:

1953 – Network Model – development of the first analog domestic computer

1962 – ELLIOTT 803/B 1962 – most basic tram network programs

1967 – RAZDAN-3 1967 – first computer for direct industrial purposes

1971 – IBM 360/40 – 1.2 million punch cards processed

1973 – R-40 Unified Computer System's largest machine

IT developments/products/Projects

Network Model (1953) the first domestic large analog computer

NIM "Computer-related research and development in the electricity industry" sectoral program support

He began developing the most basic electric network programs as a further development of FÉTIS on the NIM ELLIOTT 803/B computer (under the leadership of László Borovszky). In parallel, he provided technical support for the machine, under the leadership of Péter Braun.

In 1967, he established a computing center by setting up a RAZDAN-3 machine, primarily for the computational support of electrical power research.

In 1973, an R-40 computer was installed

And in 1985, an IBM 4361, industrial applications and calculations were performed on these machines.

Transformations

The legal predecessors of the Electric Power Industry Research Institute (VEIKI) are the research institutions VILLENKI, operating in the field of electrical engineering, and HÖKI, operating in the field of thermal engineering. The merged institute was established on January 1, 1964. It was under the supervision of the Ministry of Heavy Industry. VEIKI was transformed into a Private Limited Company in 1993, then filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009 and was liquidated in 2010. Several small enterprises called VEIKI-X were formed from its employees. (Eg. VEIKI-VNK, VEIKI-ENERGIA, VEIKI-Biztonságtechnika).

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Created: 2016.07.18. 15:48
Last modified: 2024.03.15. 16:39

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