components company . for the airline see corsair international . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message corsair components inc. type private industry computer peripherals computer hardware computer storage computer memory founded 1994 headquarters 47100 bayside parkway fremont california u.s. key people andy paul president & ceo thi la coo nick hawkins cfo products dram modules usb flash drives atx power supplies computer cases cpu and memory cooling solid state drives gaming audio gaming peripherals revenue us 455.2 million 2011 1 operating income us 23.555 million 2011 1 net income us 19.357 million 2011 1 total assets us 126.830 million march 2012 1 total equity us 3.082 million march 2012 1 number of employees 800 march 2012 1 website www.corsair.com old logo of corsair components used until june 1 2015 . corsair dominator platinum 2x4gb 1866mhz corsair components inc. is an american computer peripherals and hardware company headquartered in fremont california . the company was incorporated in california in january 1994 and was reincorporated in delaware in 2007 . 2 in january 2010 the company was incorporated again in delaware as corsair components inc. 3 corsair designs and sells a range of products for computers including high speed dram modules atx power supplies psus usb flash drives ufds memory and case cooling solutions gaming peripherals computer cases solid state drives ssds and speakers . 4 in addition to its worldwide headquarters in fremont california 5 corsair maintains a production facility in taoyuan city taiwan for assembly test and packaging of select products distribution centers in asia the united states and europe and has sales and marketing offices throughout the united states of america as well as several european and asian countries . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded as corsair microsystems in 1994 by andy paul don lieberman and john beekley . corsair originally developed level 2 cache modules called cache on a stick or coast modules for oems . after intel incorporated the l2 cache in the processor with the release of its pentium pro processor family corsair changed its focus to dram modules primarily in the server market . in 2002 corsair began shipping dram modules that were designed to appeal to computer enthusiasts who were using them for overclocking . since then corsair has continued to produce memory modules for pcs and has added other pc components as well . corsair expanded its dram memory module production into the high end market for overclocking . 6 this expansion allows for high power platforms and the ability to get more performance out of the cpu and ram . the corsair vengeance pro series and corsair dominator platinum series are built for overclocking applications . 7 8 9 products edit the company s products include dram and dimm memory modules for desktop notebook and notebook pcs . usb flash drives atx and sfx compatible psus corsair power supply unit . model cmpsu 620hx modular 80 plus certified cases for pcs fan based air and closed loop water cooling products for cpus memory and cases solid state drives based on ssd controllers usb audio headsets for gaming mechanical gaming keyboards gaming mice audio products corsair dominator platinum rog edition see also edit list of computer hardware manufacturers companies portal wikimedia commons has media related to corsair memory . references edit a b c d e f corsair form s 1 a filing date may 4 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved mar 28 2013 . corsair form s 1 a filing date may 28 2010 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved mar 28 2013 . corsair form s 1 filing date apr 23 2010 . secdatabase.com . retrieved mar 28 2013 . corsair products . retrieved 26 december 2014 . corsair . contact . retrieved 26 december 2014 . corsair twinx1024 4000 pro improving ddr500 performance . anandtech . 15 september 2003 . retrieved 17 december 2014 . shilov anton . corsair launches dominator platinum memory modules for asus rog systems . anandtech.com . retrieved 16 september 2016 . corsair official website . vengeance memory . retrieved 17 december 2014 . corsair official website . dominator memory . retrieved 17 december 2014 . external links edit official website corsair sec filings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title corsair components & oldid 739753827 categories companies established in 1994computer memory companiescomputer peripheral companiescomputer power supply unit manufacturerscompanies based in fremont californiaprivately held companies based in californiatechnology companies based in the san francisco bay areahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2016all articles lacking reliable referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation 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