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The Rochester company closed on “several million” in capitalo through a private placement, said compan y CEO Al Berning, declining to reveal a specificv figure. Hardcore Computer plans to use the dollarws to get its first line of computers to market by the end of the Chad Attlesey and Daren Klum foundedthe firm, which has spenft roughly two years on researcb and development. Berning, a former CEO of Rochester-baser contract manufacturer — sold to for $300 millionj — joined the company a year and ahalf ago, citing the strong potential for the firm’d technology. “I believe it solves a lot of problems in the he said.
Hardcore Computer is keeping largely quiet aboutthat However, according to a report in the , the firm uses a soybean-basedr liquid to keep the computer cool, allowing it to run Berning declined to discuss furthee details, but he said Hardcore Computetr expects to sell its PCs to both consumeres and businesses. The company’s first computer will retail atbetween $4,0009 and $6,000, and the company expects to launcuh additional products incorporating its technology down the Hardcore Computer received a job-creation loan last year from Rochestere and the state worth $200,000. Since then, the company’s employee count has grown to aboutg 25. Hardcore Computer Inc.
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