What HPC Tech does

HPC Tech (株式会社HPCテック) is a Japan-based, privately-held HPC specialist system integrator operating from Tokyo with a satellite sales office in Osaka. The company assembles and distributes high-performance computing systems tailored primarily for Japanese academic and research institutions, with secondary reach into technology companies, manufacturing R&D, and government research. Its product portfolio spans GPU-accelerated rackmount servers (1U–4U, supporting up to 8 NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs), single- and dual-CPU workstations built on Intel Xeon 6/5th Gen Scalable, AMD EPYC 9004/9005, and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX/9000WX platforms, NVIDIA DGX AI appliances (DGX B300, DGX Spark), high-density storage servers, and a comprehensive peripheral ecosystem including KIOXIA enterprise SSDs, A2ZEON server memory, NVIDIA InfiniBand/BlueField networking, and standard/silent server racks.

A notable technical differentiator is HPC Tech's proprietary silent rack technology (HPCT SR and YSR Series), which achieves -26 dB to -39 dB noise reduction, enabling HPC deployment in office and laboratory environments that cannot accommodate conventional server-room acoustics. The company complements hardware sales with a professional setup service covering OS installation, GPU driver configuration, CUDA toolkit setup, and parallel computing environment deployment, which materially lowers the deployment burden for non-specialist research buyers.

The revenue model is dual-stream: hardware sales (GPUs, servers, workstations, peripherals) and professional setup/installation services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, distributed through direct sales (Tokyo HQ + Osaka office) and three authorized resellers (Daiwa Bosei Information System, Nihon Denkei, Systena Business Solutions). The company holds NVIDIA Elite Partner / NPN status, providing access to DGX and Blackwell-architecture allocation and co-marketing on the NVIDIA marketplace. Despite operating since at least 2012 (per company copyright), the firm remains micro-cap with 1–10 employees.

Name

HPC Tech

Legal name

株式会社HPCテック

Website

https://hpctech.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HPC Tech is a Tokyo-based HPC specialist system integrator that builds, configures, and supports GPU-accelerated servers, workstations, NVIDIA DGX systems, and proprietary silent rack solutions for Japanese universities, research labs, and select enterprise customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

High-Performance Computing Systems Integration

NAICS

Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Electronic Computers (3571), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

GPU-Accelerated HPC Systems (HDACAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

HPC-as-a-Product / On-Prem Managed HPC (Integrated Hardware + Ops) (HDACAOAK), AI/HPC Converged Systems (Hybrid Training/Simulation) (HDACAOAD), High-Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Nodes & Systems (HDACABAH), HPC Networking & Data Movement Appliances (HDACAOAG)

Keywords

• GPU server systems
• HPC workstations
• Silent rack enclosures
• Rackmount GPU servers
• AI appliance servers

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sales of GPU servers, workstations, rackmount servers, storage systems, and peripheral equipment including silent racks, memory, and networking components
2. Setup and Installation Services: Professional services for OS installation, application setup, parallel computing environment configuration, and system installation

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

HPC Tech is a specialized HPC system integrator that custom-builds and configures high-performance computing hardware, including GPU rackmount servers, professional workstations, storage servers, and proprietary silent rack enclosures. The company bundles pre-deployment setup services (OS installation, parallel computing environment setup, GPU driver and CUDA configuration) so that customers can begin research or AI workloads immediately upon delivery. Offerings center on NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel-based systems targeted at Japanese universities, research laboratories, technology companies, and government-affiliated R&D centers.

Product overview

HPC Tech (株式会社HPCテック) is an HPC specialist system integrator offering a comprehensive portfolio of high-performance computing products. The portfolio centers on GPU servers and workstations powered by Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA processors, organized into four main categories: (1) Workstations including Intel-based models (WCX series) and AMD-based models (WCT, WCE series, including Ryzen Threadripper PRO), (2) Rackmount servers spanning 1U to 4U form factors with GPU support (RS series), GPU clusters, and storage-focused file servers (SS series), (3) AI appliance servers featuring NVIDIA DGX systems (B300, Spark, H100, A100), and (4) a complete peripheral ecosystem including silent racks (SR, YSR series achieving -26 to -39dB sound reduction), standard server racks (SSR series), networking (InfiniBand, BlueField DPUs), memory (A2ZEON, InnoDisk), and storage (KIOXIA enterprise SSDs, CM6/CM7 series). The company also provides processor options spanning Intel Xeon Scalable (4th/5th Gen, Xeon 6, Xeon W-600), AMD EPYC (9004/9005 series), and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (7000WX/9000WX), complemented by GPU accelerators including NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell series (2000-6000), NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs (H100, H200), and AMD Instinct GPUs. Supporting services include installation/setup, maintenance, and web-based quotation tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HPCT Rackmount GPU Servers (RS Series) 1U to 4U rackmount GPU servers (HPCT RS4E42-8GP, RS4X42-8GP, RS1X61P-NVMe/SP, RS1X62P-NVMe/SP, RS2X61P-GP/SP, RS3X62P-8GP/AP, RS2E51-2GP, RS2T91-4GP) supporting up to 8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs combined with AMD EPYC 9004/9005 or Intel Xeon Scalable (Granite Rapids, Sapphire Rapids) processors, high-capacity DDR5 memory, NVMe SSD bays, and CXL 2.0 support for AI training and HPC workloads.
• HPCT HPC Workstations (W Series) Tower and mini-tower professional workstations (HPCT WCT71-GP, WCE41-GP, WCE51-GP, WCX51-2GP, WCX51-S, WCT91-GP, WSW61-GP) using AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX/9000WX, AMD EPYC 9004/9005, or Intel Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids, Granite Rapids-W) processors with support for high core counts, multiple GPUs, and large DDR5 memory capacities for AI development and computational research.
• HPCT Storage Servers (SS Series) 2U and 4U file servers (HPCT SS2X61P-12B/SP, SS4X61P-36B/SP, SS4X61P-60B/SP) supporting up to 60 3.5-inch HDD or NVMe SSD bays, Intel Xeon 6700/6500 Series processors, and DDR5 memory for HPC data-intensive workloads.
• HPCT Silent Rack Systems (SR and YSR Series) Proprietary sound-dampened rack enclosures including the HPCT SR Series (SR90-2000CFM, SR07V, SR45, SR80) and HPCT YSR Series (YSR36-S, YSR36, YSR47) with measured sound reduction of -26.3dB to -39.1dB and heat dissipation from 3,600W to 4,700W, enabling HPC deployment in office and laboratory environments.
• HPCT Server Rack Cabinets (SSR Series) 19-inch standard server rack cabinets (HPCT SSR37), available in 19U to 46U sizes with up to 1,200kg static load capacity, improved cooling, and ergonomic door handles for HPC infrastructure deployments.
• NVIDIA DGX AI Appliance Servers Enterprise AI appliance servers including NVIDIA DGX B300 (Blackwell GPU architecture for AI inference and training) and NVIDIA DGX Spark (desktop AI supercomputer with NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip) sourced and integrated through HPC Tech's NVIDIA Elite Partner status.
• NVIDIA RTX PRO Professional GPUs (Blackwell) NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000, 4000, 4500, 5000, and 6000 Blackwell GPUs available in Server Edition, Workstation Edition, and Max-Q Workstation Edition, with 16GB to 96GB GDDR7 memory, 5th Gen Tensor Cores, and 4th Gen RT Cores for AI, simulation, and visual computing.
• Enterprise Processors (Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC / Threadripper PRO) Enterprise and workstation CPUs including Intel Xeon 6 (Granite Rapids), Intel 5th Gen Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids-SP), Intel Xeon 600 for Workstations (Granite Rapids-W), AMD EPYC 9004 Series (Genoa/Bergamo), AMD EPYC 9005 Series (Turin), AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX, and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000WX processors sourced for HPC and AI configurations.
• A2ZEON Server Memory USA-manufactured high-reliability server memory with same DRAM model numbers used across modules and full-load testing before shipment, offering lifetime warranty and compatibility guarantees with major server motherboard manufacturers.
• KIOXIA Enterprise SSDs (CM6 and CM7 Series) Enterprise-grade PCIe NVMe SSDs from KIOXIA, including the CM7 Series (PCIe 5.0, up to 2,700K IOPS read, up to 12.8TB) and CM6 Series (PCIe 4.0, up to 1,400K IOPS read, up to 30.7TB) optimized for HPC, OLTP, IoT, and AI workloads.
• InnoDisk Industrial Storage Industrial and enterprise storage solutions from InnoDisk focused on long-term stable supply, same part number management, and quality-first manufacturing for HPC and data center applications.
• Power Distribution Equipment (PDU and APC Smart-UPS) 19-inch rack-mount Power Distribution Units (PDUs) supporting 200V server power, and APC Smart-UPS uninterruptible power supplies for protecting HPC and server equipment from outages.
• NVIDIA Networking Components (BlueField and InfiniBand) NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU, BlueField-3 SuperNIC, BlueField-2 DPU, ConnectX-7/6/5 InfiniBand adapters, and Quantum-2/Quantum InfiniBand switches for HPC and AI cluster networking.
• Setup Services (セットアップサービス) Pre-deployment professional services covering OS installation, parallel computing environment configuration, and application installation, enabling customers to begin research and development workloads immediately upon hardware delivery.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and standard.

• A2ZEON CorporationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2014Strategic partnership since 2014 for HPC server memory. A2ZEON provides high-reliability server memory manufactured in Texas, USA with lifetime warranty and same-part-number consistency.
• NVIDIA CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA Elite Partner and NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) member. Offers NVIDIA GPU-based systems including DGX series, Tensor Core GPUs, and RTX PRO series. Featured on NVIDIA marketplace.
• InnoDisk CorporationstandardTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise SSD supplier providing industrial-grade storage solutions for HPC and data center applications.
• KIOXIA CorporationstandardTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise SSD supplier providing PCIe NVMe storage (CM6, CM7 series) for HPC and AI workloads.
• Daiwa Bosei Information System Co., Ltd.standardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized reseller (取次店) handling sales to customers without direct accounts.
• Nihon Denkei Co., Ltd.standardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized reseller (取次店) handling sales to customers without direct accounts.
• Systena Business SolutionsstandardChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized reseller (取次店) handling sales to customers without direct accounts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Fujitsu Limited: Domestic Japanese incumbent offering PRIMEHPC FX-series supercomputers, AI platforms, and full academic/customer services — competes for the same Japanese university HPC and government R&D opportunities at much larger scale.
• Lenovo (Japan): Global server OEM with a strong ThinkSystem HPC and GPU portfolio and a dedicated Japan channel; competes with HPC Tech on Japanese academic AI/HPC tenders, but with broader hardware and financing capabilities.
• Supermicro: Global server OEM with a deep GPU server and HPC product line that competes head-to-head with HPC Tech's rackmount GPU offerings — broader hardware portfolio and far larger scale, but overlapping on the same GPU server SKUs.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE Japan): Incumbent enterprise compute OEM with Cray HPC heritage and an active NVIDIA DGX partner program; competes directly for Japanese university HPC and sovereign-AI deployments, with vastly larger services and financing capabilities.

Direct peers

• Penguin Solutions (formerly Penguin Computing): U.S.-based HPC/AI system integrator delivering custom GPU clusters, on-prem AI factories, and managed HPC services — comparable HPC/AI integration business model and NVIDIA Elite-tier partnership, though operating globally rather than Japan-domestic.
• Fixstars Corporation: Japan-based HPC-focused system integrator offering GPU servers, workstations, and parallel-computing software/services for academic and enterprise customers — directly overlapping HPC Tech's customer base, NVIDIA partnership posture, and product mix in the Japanese market.
• Colfax International: HPC/AI integrator building GPU workstations, servers, and clusters for AI training and inference — comparable NVIDIA-partner integrator focused on GPU-accelerated HPC deployments.
• Microway: U.S. boutique HPC integrator building custom GPU servers, clusters, and storage for research and AI workloads — comparable niche HPC systems-integration business and customer profile (academic and research buyers).
• HPC Systems Inc. Long-established Japanese HPC integrator providing GPU server clusters, consulting, and benchmark-optimization services to academic and industrial customers — directly comparable in product scope and Japan-domestic academic R&D customer focus.

Emerging players

• Xtreme-D (ExaScaler): Japanese HPC startup/EMERGING_PLAYER developing next-generation power-efficient HPC systems — adjacent competition for Japanese academic supercomputing customers, focused on novel packaging rather than GPU systems integration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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