By Rich Miller
Hardcore Computer is retooling its business to focus on
licensing its liquid cooling technologies for servers and high performance
computing. As part of that shift, the company is changing its name to
LiquidCool Solutions and will discontinue manufacturing PCs, workstations and
servers.
Hardcore, best known in the data center sector for its
Liquid Blade immersion cooling system, has adopted a contract manufacturing
model, with research and development and prototype work still done in house.
The company plans to license its technology and intellectual property to server
makers,with an eye toward other markets down the road.
'The name LiquidCool connects the company to our heritage
of pioneering total liquid submersion cooling for electronics and calls attention
to our continued advancements in cooling innovations,' said Rick Tufty, Vice
President of Engineering, LiquidCool Solutions. 'With a powerful IP portfolio
and a continued focus on breakthrough research and development in cooling
technologies, LiquidCool is positioned to deliver market-leading performance
for a variety of markets.'
More Players Eye Liquid Cooling Opportunity
The market for liquid cooling has traditionally been
concentrated in supercomputers and high-performance computing. But interest in
immersion cooling has picked up in recent years as high-density server
deployments have pushed the boundaries of cooling systems at data centers that
historically have used of air cooling. Green Revolution has deployed its
immersion cooling to a core group of customers, while Iceotope and Asetek have
also entered the market in recent months.
Hardcore initially specialized in water-cooled
PCs,offering additional cooling capability for users who seek to 'overclock'
processor speeds for performance gains. In 2010,the company adapted its
liquid-cooling technology for PCs to the server environment. Liquid Blade
immerses the blades in Hardcore’s Core Coolant -a clear dielectric fluid that
is odorless and biodegradable. The submerged servers eliminate the need for
rack-level fans, and would require only enough room air conditioning to keep
staff comfortable.
Liquid cooling provides a more efficient heat transfer
than air, and offers potential savings to companies that can commit to a
liquid-cooled design. Liquid Blade ’s submerged servers eliminated the need for
rack-level fans, and required only enough room air conditioning to keep staff
comfortable. The system also required no specialized fire protection systems
for the servers, since all the blade components are submerged.
24 July 2012
Data Center Knowledge
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