Microdeck jest korporacją z siedzibą w Seattle, UCAS. It rose to prominence in the software industry in the last decade of the 20th Century. Po Crash of 2029, it ironically recovered a leading position only on the hardware market, where its lines of products were previously limited to minor peripherals such as mouses, keyboards, and joysticks.
Od czasu powstania, firma pozostaje pod kontrolą rodziny Gates-ów. Aktualnym CEO jest Brian Gates III.