About Crystal Group
Crystal Group builds rugged servers, embedded computers, displays, networking and storage for demanding environments, along with AI and autonomy systems. Rugged servers are standard computing hardware re-engineered to tolerate vibration, shock, extreme temperatures and moisture, so they can run aboard ships, vehicles and aircraft. The company describes itself as employee-owned and lists its address as Hiawatha, Iowa. Its product range also includes energy-series and industrial commercial servers for less severe settings.
Crystal Group was founded in 1987 and is based in Hiawatha, IA, United States. It is listed under Edge Computing, AI Accelerators.
Compute Technologies
- Edge Computing
- AI Accelerators
What Crystal Group works on
Edge Computing
Edge computing means processing data close to where it is produced, on a device or a nearby server, instead of sending everything to a distant cloud data center. In chip terms, edge processors are small, low-power chips that run software and AI models inside phones, cameras, cars and sensors.
AI Accelerators
An AI accelerator is a chip, or a part of a chip, designed to run machine learning faster or with less energy than a general-purpose processor. The category includes GPUs, TPUs, neural processing units (NPUs) and chips from many startups.

