Statement from Jordan J. Elliott, CEO of Qont
“Qont chose NVIDIA® hardware for one reason: performance. I’ve supported NVIDIA for a long time and have always applauded their leadership and what Jensen Huang has built. Their hardware delivers the reliability and compute strength that aligns with our expectations for Risk Computing.
Cloud alone would have limited us in performance, expansion and the ability to meet customer needs at the scale we aim for. And building our own silicon would have taken focus away from what matters most to us: advancing Risk Computing itself. RiskChip™ exists because we wanted a dedicated hardware layer that matches the ambition of the systems we’re building.
It’s important to be clear that this is not a partnership. This is Qont recognising excellence and choosing the right platform for our engineered architecture. RiskChip™ is entirely a Qont product, independently built, configured and tested by us. NVIDIA® is the hardware foundation we selected because it meets the standard our systems require.
We called it the RiskChip™ so nobody mistakes what it is. In the world we live in, it’s important to offer both hardware and cloud. It’s about giving customers value and control. With the wide span of coverage we offer, it would be almost impossible to rely on cloud alone and still serve every environment we want to reach. This move brings Qont directly into people’s hands and into real-world action.
When someone picks up a RiskChip™, I want them to feel the same passion we do when we make it. I want them to hold something that reflects the value we’ve configured with care and consistency.
Looking ahead, we see RiskChip™ becoming essential. We expect it to grow into something as mainstream as normal computing. It’s simply a company with high expectations choosing the best option for its systems — nothing more, nothing less.”
— Jordan J. Elliott
Chief Executive Officer, Qont