Riot Games Selects Hyve Solutions for Open Compute Project Hardware

Hyve
Solutions, a division of Synnex
Corporation, announced that Riot
Games Inc. selected its Solutions to consult on the adoption and
implementation of Open Compute Project (OCP) hardware solutions within its datacenter
environment.

After touring Hyve Solutions’ OCP lab
and manufacturing facility in Fremont, CA, discussions between the
two companies began. Deeper technical conversations followed as Hyve
Solutions worked with Riot Games engineers to tailor an OCP solution
that would meet Riot Games’ needs around scalability, reliability,
cost efficiency, and environmental responsibility in datacenters.

"Ultimately, our investment in
OCP provides an even better player experience for the more than 12
million core gamers who play League of Legends every day,"
said Ron Williams, Riot Games’ VP of operations. "We
especially like the vanity-free aspect of OCP-by eliminating
unnecessary components, plastic, paint and overhead, we’re able to
spend more of our technical dollar where it counts-on performance
that will translate into an even more responsive and fun in-game
environment." 

"This experience shows that OCP
solutions can be designed, validated and deployed within a very short
time frame-less than three months from discovery to delivery of a
fully integrated, plug-and-play production solution," said
Steve Ichinaga, SVP and GM of Hyve Solutions. "Riot
Games is the first gaming company we’ve helped utilize the benefits
of OCP. Additionally, we are focusing on delivering custom server and
storage solutions that are optimized for Riot Games’ growth
trajectory, workload and environment."