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2012
    Science and Technology Park Q1, 2012
  • Grand Opening of Supermicro® Taiwan Science and Technology Park



2011
    Best of the Bay Q4, 2011
  • Introduced next generation X9 platforms
  • Launched new cluster solutions for Big Data (Apache Hadoop) and HPC (GPU) applications


  • Q3, 2011
  • Launched new generation Twin Architecture
  • Showcased world's largest portfolio of HPC optimized solutions
  • Launched TwinBlade™ and GPU SuperBlade® products
  • System Management and Power Management SSM/NMView Solutions introduced


  • Q2, 2011
  • Started high-volume state-of-the-art integration facilities in Asia and Europe
  • Inaugurated MicroCloud with 8/16 Hot-Pluggable Nodes in 3U
  • Broadened embedded product line with next-generation offerings


  • Q1, 2011
  • Launched 8-Way System with 80 CPU cores
  • Significantly expanded UP product line with next generation systems, chassis and serverboards
  • Expanded Networking portfolio with 1U 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
  • Introduced SuperCompact, Gold Level 400W Power Supply



2010
    BladeSystems Insight Award
  • Expanded 2U Twin product line with 12 HDDs per node model
  • Received patent for Twin architecture
  • World's first line of Double-Sided Storage® products unveiled
  • Empowered End-to-End IT Solutions with SuperRack™ and 10GE switch
  • Won Blade Systems Insight 2010 Award for Best Blade-Based Solution
  • Embedded/IPC system selected as "Best Server of 2010" by Electronic Design Magazine
  • First to introduce Platinum Level (94%+ efficiency) Server Building Block Solutions®



2009
  • Created the world's first 1U dual GPU server architecture with non-blocking CPU-GPU connectivity
  • Launched 2U Twin servers with six 3.5" hot-plug HDDs per DP node & per 1U with redundant power supplies
  • Achieved record x86 server performance-per-watt (375 GFLOPS/kW)
  • Announced innovative 2U Twin2™ server architecture with 4 hot-plug DP nodes
  • Industry's most complete and optimized line of Nehalem solutions with over 80 motherboard, server and system SKUs



2008
    BladeSystems Insight Award 2008
  • Ranked number one x86 server vendor by the channel
  • Introduced <50 dB low-noise Personal Supercomputer based on SuperBlade®
  • Surpassed $2 billion in cumulative revenues since founding
  • Unveiled high-end Whisper-Quiet Workstation and desktop systems



2007
    American Executive Magazine Sept 2007
  • Supermicro President and CEO is featured in American Executive Magazine cover page, "Keeping IT Green"
  • Highest performance-per-watt achieved by 93% efficiency power supplies
  • Launched SuperBlade® product line
  • Announced IPO and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol SMCI
  • Introduced innovative Universal I/O (UIO) architecture
  • Launched industry's first Double-Density 1U Twin™ servers with two DP nodes in 1U



2006
  • Introduced industry's first Xeon® 5000 and 5100 series server solutions
  • First major server vendor to deliver SES2 and ZCR on SAS server and storage solutions
  • First to announce low-voltage Intel® Xeon® -based server solutions
  • Unveiled industry-leading line of multi-core UP servers
  • SuperServer® design breakthrough enabled four add-on cards in 1U servers



2005
  • Successfully introduced complete AMD solutions to the market
  • Provided industry's most complete line of SAS server solutions
  • First to offer complete line of 64-bit SATA servers with RAID 5 and SAF-TE



2004
  • Offered 50+ 64-bit Xeon®-optimized server solutions at launch
  • First to market with server/workstation platforms featuring PCI Express and DDR2
  • Delivered new line of 3U chassis for high-availability storage servers



2003
  • Released industry's first 64-bit 1U Itanium2 platform
  • Introduced industry's first 1U server with 1 Terabyte of SATA storage
  • World's first SATA workstation platform unveiled



2002
  • World's first 533MHz FSB rackmount server system
  • Expanded product line with new Dual Xeon® storage solutions



2001
  • Created industry's first dual Intel® Xeon® server based on Intel® 860 chipset



2000
  • Released world's highest performing 1U servers
  • Introduced industry's fastest 4-Way server



1999
  • Granted patent for industry's first redundant cooling power supply



1998
  • Opened European subsidiary in the Netherlands
  • First to introduce Xeon® Pentium® II server solution



1997
  • Announced industry's first motherboards to support both Pentium® Pro and Pentium® II processors
  • Offered widest motherboard selection to support next-generation 3D graphics and visually-intensive applications



1996
  • "World's First" I20 ready serverboard - COMDEX
  • Expanded operations to Taiwan for high-volume OEM production
  • Developed industry's first dual Intel Pentium Pro-based serverboard



1995
  • Introduced the world's first x86 DP serverboard based on Orion chipset



1994
  • 30% of the systems companies in North America selected Supermicro's Intel® Pentium® Pro based products



1993
  • Company founded in San Jose, USA, with mission to design and manufacture high-performance, high-quality servers

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