Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Super Micro Computer, Inc., commonly known as Supermicro, is an American information technology company founded in 1993 and headquartered in San Jose, California. It is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SMCI. The company has experienced rapid growth, with reported annual revenues recently exceeding $20 billion and a market capitalization ranging from approximately $15 billion to $19 billion as of mid-2026. Supermicro employs over 5,000 people globally.
Supermicro specializes in designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling high-performance, energy-efficient server and storage solutions. Its extensive product portfolio includes rackmount, blade, GPU, and edge servers, storage systems (such as NVMe and SSD solutions), and networking products. The company serves diverse markets including enterprise data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G infrastructure, and edge computing, with a strong emphasis on "Green Computing" and advanced liquid cooling technologies. Supermicro maintains manufacturing operations in Silicon Valley, the Netherlands, and Taiwan.
In terms of patent litigation, Super Micro Computer, Inc. primarily operates as a defendant. The company has no tracked cases as a plaintiff and one tracked case as a defendant, indicating a posture focused on defending against intellectual property assertions rather than actively asserting patents.
The company's sole tracked case is Netlist, Inc. v. Google, Inc. et al., where Super Micro Computer, Inc. is listed as a defendant in a proceeding before the International Trade Commission (ITC). Supermicro became a component of the S&P 500 in 2024, reflecting its significant growth, particularly driven by demand in AI and data center infrastructure.
Netlist asserted US Patent 10,268,608, along with five other patents, in this ITC complaint seeking exclusion and cease-and-desist orders against Samsung, Google, and Super Micro.