Calxeda

Calxeda

Calxeda attempted to make it possible for datacenter managers to increase the density of computer resources while reducing the need for power, space and cooling.

  Hardware
  2012 – 2015
   Austin, TX
  Founded by Larry Wikelius, David Borland, Barry Evans
  Raised $100 million in 4 rounds
  Backed by 7 investors

Reasons for Failure

They were building on 32 bit chips when the industry was more focused on 64 bit chips.

Ran out of resources to go up against competitors like Intel and AMD.

Competitors