ScaleMP

The firm's core business revolves around licensing its proprietary vSMP (Versatile Symmetric Multiprocessing) architecture. This software-only solution allows clients to create powerful, shared-memory systems without the need for expensive, custom hardware. By doing so, ScaleMP aims to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for organizations requiring substantial computing power. The business model targets clients in commercial, government, and academic sectors who run data-intensive applications for analytics, databases, and simulations. Revenue is generated primarily from licensing its vSMP Foundation software, with pricing structured per socket. The company formed partnerships with major hardware manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo, HPE, and Intel to sell its integrated solutions.

ScaleMP's flagship product, vSMP Foundation, enables the aggregation of up to 128 separate x86 systems, creating a single virtual symmetric multiprocessing machine with capabilities of up to 32,768 cores and 2 petabytes of shared memory. This allows applications to access a massive, unified memory pool, simplifying management compared to traditional cluster environments. A key product variation, MemoryONE, uses high-performance NVMe SSDs to transparently expand a system's main memory, offering a cost-effective alternative to DRAM for memory-hungry applications like SAP HANA and Redis. The company was acquired by SAP in June 2021.