OCZ Technology Shuts Down Hypersonic High-End PC Business

OCZ Technology Group, a leading supplier of components for personal computers, has decided to shut down its Hypersonic business unit, which used to make high-end personal computers. The move was made to concentrate on core businesses for the company, which is to supply premium-class components.

“We are focusing all our resources on SSD, PSU and memory and our [system integration] business really did not fit into the spectrum of things,” said Alex Mei, OCZ's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, reports Techgage web-site.

OCZ acquired Hypersonic approximately three years ago with the aim to find new sales channels for its components. But since OCZ also sells hardware to other high-performance system integrators, it naturally started to compete against them with its own personal computers. As a consequence, the company had to keep its Hypersonic unit in a low profile and did not really advertize such systems or tried to offer anything truly exclusive. All-in-all, Hypersonic has not become a significant business for OCZ.