What's a flextop?

flextop: "a personal supercomputer, characterized by portability and open standards architecture, which is distinctively flexible and expandable"

With its initial release in November 2005, the NextDimension's unique characteristics were beyond the scope of any currently existing computer category, thus a new category of computing was created: the flextop.

Filling a much needed gap in the HPC (High Performance Computing) world, the NextDimension family provides the highest performance computing option in the smallest, portable form factor available for end users across a number of vertical industries.

NextComputing is continually evolving the computing standards for the flextop category by offering faster processing, more I/O options, higher performing graphics, and the addition of peripherals such as the smallest standalone flat panel monitor available.

Since 2005, the flextop category has grown to include the NextDimension Pro and Pro HD versions, based on the original NextDimension model, and the Evo and Evo HD versions, offering more PCI and storage flexibility.

And in April 2008, Vigor Evo HD joined the flextop family as the first flextop designed for harsh environments. The Vigor Evo HD essentially seats a NextDimension Evo HD chassis, complete with all the inner workings, inside a ruggedized outer chassis. The inner chassis is shielded from shock and vibration by rubber shock absorbers, thus creating a floating chassis inside the heavy duty outer chassis.

Addressing the need for open standards technology in a small, portable footprint, together with processing power and graphics capabilities equal to that of a desktop graphics workstation or standalone server, NextComputing expects the flextop computer to become a mainstay in the world of high-performance computing.