Silicon Mechanics
Silicon Mechanics is a Bothell, Washington-based provider of high-performance computing infrastructure, including configured rackmount servers, enterprise storage, and professional workstations sold to enterprise HPC and research customers. The company was acquired by SourceCode in 2018 and is being consolidated into Thinkmate.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1986
- HeadquartersBothell, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Silicon Mechanics does
Silicon Mechanics, Inc. is a Bothell, Washington-based provider of high-performance computing infrastructure, including rackmount and GPU servers, enterprise storage, and professional workstations. The company's product portfolio historically centered on three proprietary brand families: Rackform servers (A-series and R-series configurations spanning general-purpose, GPU, and high-density compute), Storform storage (nearline, JBOD expansion, and NAS solutions), and Workform workstations (including GX-RTP, TR7, TX, and VX series). Silicon Mechanics operates as a B2B engineering-driven infrastructure company selling configured systems through direct enterprise field sales, account representatives, phone support (1-800-371-1212), and email engagement, with quote-based pricing and multi-year service and support agreements on hardware sales. The company serves enterprise HPC and research organizations with demanding computational workloads, including AI/ML, distributed storage, and high-availability deployments.
Silicon Mechanics was founded in 1986 and was acquired by SourceCode Holdings in 2018. Over subsequent years, Silicon Mechanics and Thinkmate (a sibling SourceCode division) shared engineering, product development, and operational resources. In 2024, Silicon Mechanics' products, engineering expertise, and customer support were consolidated under Thinkmate, with the legacy Rackform, Storform, and Workform brands rebranded to Thinkmate's RAX/GPX/HDX/TWX/BLADE servers, DataFlow/STX-NL/STX-JB storage, and VSX/HPX/GPXW workstation lines, plus NVIDIA DGX SPARK, Cluster Solutions, and Liquid Cooling add-ons. Component partnerships with Gigabyte, Supermicro, ASUS, Western Digital, and Seagate underpin the configured solutions. Leadership disclosed in source material includes CTO Ken Hostetler; revenue and headcount trends are not publicly disclosed.
Silicon Mechanics firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Silicon Mechanics
- Website
- https://siliconmechanics.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1986
- Operating status
- Acquired
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Silicon Mechanics is a Bothell, Washington-based provider of high-performance computing infrastructure, including configured rackmount servers, enterprise storage, and professional workstations sold to enterprise HPC and research customers. The company was acquired by SourceCode in 2018 and is being consolidated into Thinkmate.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Silicon Mechanics industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Enterprise Computing Hardware
- NAICS
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)
- SIC
- Electronic Computers (3571), Computer Storage Devices (3572)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Server Hardware Platforms (Rack/Tower/Blade) (HDABADAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Rack & Tower Servers (General-Purpose x86/ARM) (HDACABAA)
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Where Silicon Mechanics is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bothell
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Markets served
Silicon Mechanics business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales: Sale of high-performance computing hardware including rackmount servers, storage systems, and professional workstations. Products are sold as configured systems with various component options.
- Service and Support Agreements: Warranties and service agreements for hardware products. All existing agreements remain in effect during and after the Thinkmate integration.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Quote-based enterprise pricing |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels2 records
Silicon Mechanics product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Silicon Mechanics provides configurable high-performance computing infrastructure systems, including rackmount servers, GPU servers, high-density and blade servers, NAS and nearline storage, JBOD expansion, and professional workstations. Systems are engineered and assembled using components from partners such as Gigabyte, Supermicro, ASUS, Western Digital, and Seagate, and are sold to enterprise customers with engineering and account-management support.
Product overview
Silicon Mechanics, acquired by SourceCode in 2018 and now consolidated into Thinkmate.com, was an engineering-driven infrastructure company since 1986 specializing in high-performance computing hardware. The company's product portfolio consisted of three primary legacy brands: Rackform (rackmount servers), Storform (enterprise storage systems), and Workform (professional workstations). These products have been migrated and rebranded under Thinkmate's unified platform, which now offers the RAX (General Purpose Rackmount), GPX (GPU Servers), HDX (High Density), TWX (Tower/Pedestal), and BLADE (Blade Servers) server lines; DataFlow NAS, CPH (cloud-native scale-out), HPS (high-performance unified), STX-NL (Nearline), and STX-JB (JBOD expansion) storage solutions; and VSX (Virtually Silent), HPX (High Performance), GPXW (GPU Optimized), and NVIDIA DGX SPARK (AI supercomputer) workstation solutions. Thinkmate also offers complementary solutions including QuickShip pre-configured systems, Cluster Solutions (AI/HPC/Big Data/CFD clusters), and Liquid Cooling Solutions. Component partners include Gigabyte, Supermicro, ASUS, Western Digital, and Seagate.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Rackform: Rackmount server product line including A133, A135, A137, A246, A248, A331, A332, A335, A357, A357b, A358, A4402, A4412, A627, A627b, A628, A637 series and R231, R235, R2504, R331, R332, R335, R337, R346, R356, R357a, R357b, R358, R380, R4402, R4412, U627, U628, U637, U638 models
- Storform
- Workform
Products and services
- RAX Rackmount Servers General purpose rackmount servers with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and value, sold to enterprise customers. Successor to Silicon Mechanics' Rackform server line.
- GPX GPU Servers GPU-optimized servers designed for highly parallel computing workloads and high-performance computing.
- HDX High Density Servers High-density server configurations packing 2 to 8 servers in one chassis to increase compute density and power efficiency for space-constrained deployments.
- TWX Pedestal/Tower Servers Tower/pedestal servers in standalone form factor designed for small business deployments.
- BLADE Blade Servers Blade servers with acoustically enhanced thermal and cooling technologies for high-density blade infrastructure deployments.
- DataFlow NAS Solutions Affordable, high-performance, energy-efficient network attached storage (NAS) solutions for enterprise storage workloads.
- DataFlow CPH Scale-Out Storage Distributed, cloud-native scale-out storage designed for cloud environments and software-defined infrastructure.
- DataFlow HPS High-Performance Storage Unified high-performance storage for demanding primary storage workloads and intensive applications.
- STX-NL Nearline Storage Servers Durable capacity storage servers designed for high-availability nearline deployments.
- STX-JB JBOD Expansion Servers and enclosures for JBOD or RAID capacity expansion.
- VSX Virtually Silent Workstations Whisper-quiet, powerful professional workstations designed for noise-sensitive workspaces.
- HPX High Performance Workstations High-end professional workstations delivering ultimate processing power for mission critical applications.
- GPXW GPU Optimized Workstations GPU-optimized desktop workstations built around NVIDIA Tesla accelerators, delivering cluster-level performance at the desk.
- NVIDIA DGX SPARK Workstation Compact, personal AI supercomputer workstation for LLM tuning, inference, and edge AI workloads.
- Cluster Solutions Pre-configured clustered HPC and AI infrastructure solutions including AI Cluster, HPC Cluster, Big Data Cluster, CFD Cluster, and NVIDIA NVL72 configurations.
- Liquid Cooling Solutions Advanced liquid cooling infrastructure solutions for thermal management of high-density compute deployments.
Companies that use Silicon Mechanics
Customer profileSegments1 record
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Silicon Mechanics technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Silicon Mechanics partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators1 record
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Silicon Mechanics competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Thinkmate: Sister company under SourceCode now absorbing Silicon Mechanics. Both sell engineered rackmount/GPU servers, NAS/JBOD storage, and HPC workstations through a direct e-commerce storefront — effectively the same business post-consolidation.
- Supermicro: Direct competitor and also a Silicon Mechanics component partner. Sells rackmount, GPU, high-density, and blade servers plus storage systems targeting the same HPC and AI workloads with similar SKU breadth.
- Penguin Computing: Engineering-driven HPC and AI infrastructure systems integrator offering custom clusters, rackmount servers, and storage to research and enterprise customers — the closest analogue in business model and customer base.
- Puget Systems: Boutique engineering-driven builder of custom workstations, servers, and storage for professional content creation, research, and AI customers — same consultative, configuration-heavy go-to-market as Silicon Mechanics' Workform line.
- Colfax International: Specialist HPC/AI systems integrator offering custom-built servers, clusters, and workstations. Direct functional peer in engineering-driven enterprise HPC sales, particularly to research and defense customers.
Broad incumbents
- Dell Technologies (PowerEdge): Tier-1 OEM selling PowerEdge rack, tower, blade, and GPU servers plus PowerScale/PowerStore storage. Overlaps with Silicon Mechanics across the entire server/storage portfolio but at vastly greater scale and with broader services.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (ProLiant): Enterprise incumbent offering ProLiant servers, Apollo HPC systems, Alletra storage, and Cray supercomputing. Competes head-to-head in HPC, AI, and enterprise infrastructure segments where Silicon Mechanics sells.
- Lenovo (ThinkSystem / ThinkStation): Global OEM selling ThinkSystem rack and GPU servers and ThinkStation workstations. Overlaps with both the Rackform server line and the Workform/VSX/HPX workstation lines for enterprise and SMB buyers.
- ASUS (Servers / Workstations): Component partner of Silicon Mechanics and also a competing vendor of rackmount servers, GPU servers, and professional workstations under ASUS Pro and ExpertCenter brands.
- Gigabyte Technology (Servers): Component partner selling motherboards/platforms to Silicon Mechanics, while also selling complete G-series rack, GPU, and high-density servers directly into the same HPC and AI infrastructure market.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Silicon Mechanics social profiles
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Silicon Mechanics leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Silicon Mechanics funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Silicon Mechanics M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Silicon Mechanics
What does Silicon Mechanics do?
Silicon Mechanics provides configurable high-performance computing infrastructure systems, including rackmount servers, GPU servers, high-density and blade servers, NAS and nearline storage, JBOD expansion, and professional workstations. Systems are engineered and assembled using components from partners such as Gigabyte, Supermicro, ASUS, Western Digital, and Seagate, and are sold to enterprise customers with engineering and account-management support.
Is Silicon Mechanics a public or private company?
Silicon Mechanics is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently acquired.
When was Silicon Mechanics founded?
Silicon Mechanics was founded in 1986. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Silicon Mechanics based?
Silicon Mechanics is headquartered in Bothell, United States, in the North America region.
How does Silicon Mechanics make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales are the primary driver. The others are service and Support Agreements.
Who are Silicon Mechanics's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Thinkmate, Supermicro, Penguin Computing, Puget Systems and Colfax International. Broad incumbents are Dell Technologies (PowerEdge), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (ProLiant), Lenovo (ThinkSystem / ThinkStation), ASUS (Servers / Workstations) and Gigabyte Technology (Servers).
Does Silicon Mechanics have an API?
No public API is recorded for Silicon Mechanics.
What industry is Silicon Mechanics in?
Silicon Mechanics's product category is Enterprise Computing Hardware. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABADAA, Server Hardware Platforms (Rack/Tower/Blade), with a secondary code of HDACABAA, Rack & Tower Servers (General-Purpose x86/ARM). Its NAICS code is 334111 and its SIC code is 3571.