Hardcore Computer
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Hardcore Computer Inc. is a computer manufacturing company located in Rochester, Minnesota
, USA which was founded in 2006. The company custom designs and manufactures liquid blade servers, professional workstations and desktop computers. These systems have a patented liquid submersion cooling technology to remove the main barrier of electronic performance – heat.
The company launched in 2008 with the Reactor desktop
, the world’s first commercially available high-performance PC with total liquid submersion cooling technology. Hardcore Computer, Inc. submerged all of the heat-producing components — the CPU, motherboard
, video card
, memory and power supplies — in a custom dielectric
fluid they have named Core Coolant™, eliminating heat-related computing limitations. Reactor™ incorporates the benefits of liquid submersion cooling with twin additive and redundant server-class 650Watt power supplies; audiophile-quality Creative Labs X-Fi, EAX
, 7.1-channel Dolby® digital
surround sound embedded on the motherboard; three on-board SATA solid-state drive
s configured in an ultra-fast RAID 0 array; and two truly hot-swappable external hard drives.
In 2010, the company added the Liquid Blade line, the First Total Liquid Submersion server.
Also, in 2010 the company launched it's Detonator™ Workstation using the company's patent cooling system.
The company was founded by two computer enthusiasts Daren Klum and Chad Attlesey that developed the technology. The tandem brought in technology veteran Al Berning as CEO who was responsible for growing his last copmany Pemstar from start-up to a billion dollar global contract manufacturing enterprise. The company continues to grow and has a large manufacturing presence next to IBM in Rochester, MN. The home of Blue Jean the worlds largest computer and home of the IBM iSeries Servers.
, Falcon Northwest
and MAINGEAR
. However, with the launch of their Liquid Blade and Detonator line, the company is poised to compete with the big OEM
s such as Dell
, HP, Acer Inc. and Apple Inc..
Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...
, USA which was founded in 2006. The company custom designs and manufactures liquid blade servers, professional workstations and desktop computers. These systems have a patented liquid submersion cooling technology to remove the main barrier of electronic performance – heat.
The Technology
The company has six patents in the U.S. and one in Japan for its “Liquid submersion cooling system.”The company launched in 2008 with the Reactor desktop
Desktop
Desktop refers to the surface of a desk.The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor....
, the world’s first commercially available high-performance PC with total liquid submersion cooling technology. Hardcore Computer, Inc. submerged all of the heat-producing components — the CPU, motherboard
Motherboard
In personal computers, a motherboard is the central printed circuit board in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple...
, video card
Video card
A video card, Graphics Card, or Graphics adapter is an expansion card which generates output images to a display. Most video cards offer various functions such as accelerated rendering of 3D scenes and 2D graphics, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 decoding, TV output, or the ability to connect multiple monitors...
, memory and power supplies — in a custom dielectric
Dielectric
A dielectric is an electrical insulator that can be polarized by an applied electric field. When a dielectric is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the material, as in a conductor, but only slightly shift from their average equilibrium positions causing dielectric...
fluid they have named Core Coolant™, eliminating heat-related computing limitations. Reactor™ incorporates the benefits of liquid submersion cooling with twin additive and redundant server-class 650Watt power supplies; audiophile-quality Creative Labs X-Fi, EAX
Environmental audio extensions
The environmental audio extensions are a number of digital signal processing presets for audio, present in Creative Technology's later Sound Blaster sound cards and the Creative NOMAD/Creative ZEN product lines...
, 7.1-channel Dolby® digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
surround sound embedded on the motherboard; three on-board SATA solid-state drive
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
s configured in an ultra-fast RAID 0 array; and two truly hot-swappable external hard drives.
In 2010, the company added the Liquid Blade line, the First Total Liquid Submersion server.
Also, in 2010 the company launched it's Detonator™ Workstation using the company's patent cooling system.
The company was founded by two computer enthusiasts Daren Klum and Chad Attlesey that developed the technology. The tandem brought in technology veteran Al Berning as CEO who was responsible for growing his last copmany Pemstar from start-up to a billion dollar global contract manufacturing enterprise. The company continues to grow and has a large manufacturing presence next to IBM in Rochester, MN. The home of Blue Jean the worlds largest computer and home of the IBM iSeries Servers.
Competitors
Hardcore Computer Inc. originally competed with the luxury PC gaming niche companies such as AlienwareAlienware
Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidary of Dell, Inc. It mainly assembles third party components into desktops and laptops with custom enclosures for high-performance gaming. These products also support graphically intense applications such as video editing, simulation, and audio editing...
, Falcon Northwest
Falcon Northwest
Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current president, Kelt Reeves. The company began its existence focusing on high-end systems for Flight Simulation...
and MAINGEAR
Maingear
MAINGEAR is an American privately held boutique computer manufacturer headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey. MAINGEAR specializes in custom gaming computers, desktops, custom laptops, media center computers, and workstations which are built and supported in the United States.-History:MAINGEAR was...
. However, with the launch of their Liquid Blade and Detonator line, the company is poised to compete with the big OEM
OEM
OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...
s such as Dell
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
, HP, Acer Inc. and Apple Inc..