Fixstars Solutions, Inc. is a software and services company specializing in multi-core processors, particularly in Nvidia's GPU and CUDA environment, IBM Power7, and Cell.

During the early part of 2010, Fixstars developed a strong relationship with Nvidia and focused its linux distribution for GPU computing.

[citation needed] As an Apple value-added reseller and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft Solutions provided turnkey and build-to-order desktop workstations, servers, and High Performance Computing clusters.

When Apple abandoned PowerPC CPUs in favor of the Intel Core chips, Terra Soft was able to concentrate on high-performance computing and the Cell Broadband Engine, working closely with IBM and Sony for the PlayStation 3 products.

[citation needed] In 2006, Terra Soft was contracted by Sony to provide a Linux operating system for the PlayStation 3,[2] used by several University researchers as an inexpensive, powerful cluster compute node.