IntexyS and Lightfleet Enable High Bandwidth with Free Space, Optical Interconnect

IntexyS and Lightfleet Enable High Bandwidth with Free Space, Optical Interconnect

September 17, 2007

Integrated Component Broadcasts Data-Carrying Light to
Miniature Receivers, Reducing Internal Bottlenecks in
Inter-Processor Communications


    TOULOUSE, France, and CAMAS, Wash., Sept. 17
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- IntexyS Photonics SA and
Lightfleet(R) Corporation announced an arrangement to
combine optical component technologies to deliver an
integrated, high performance interconnect enabling
continuously parallel communications in data- and
performance-intensive computing, communications and
embedded systems applications.

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    Shipping this year will be the patented Lightfleet
Corowave(TM) interconnect, which uses multi-channel,
broadcast light to transmit data through "free
space," eliminating the need for fiber-optic cabling
or copper wiring as conduits.  The combination of
optoelectronic receivers with laser transmitters creates
multiple, simultaneous channels to achieve continuously
parallel communications.  The data-carrying light beams are
spread through lenses, reflected from mirrors, crisscrossed
in free space, and re-focused to the receivers.  The result
is a highly reliable, continuous transmission of data in
multiple connections that include all of the nodes in a
system.

    Lightfleet is pioneering the innovative approach,
employing modulated light as a high-bandwidth conduit to
replace legacy, hard-wired bus technology that impedes
today's heavier data flows in computing and communications
systems.  

    IntexyS supplies the receivers used to capture and
convert the broadcast light beams into electronic signals. 
In the smallest form factor on the market, the IntexyS
Surface Mount Optical Devices (SMOD) provide the high
reliability, high density and high data throughput required
by Lightfleet for its patented, broadcast light technology
and interconnect design.

    "IntexyS high-precision optical receivers are
critical components to enable the game-changing,
performance improvements that the Corowave interconnect
technology achieves in system communications," said
Chris Kruell, VP of Marketing at Lightfleet.  "We
chose the IntexyS SMOD receiver in part because of its
reliability and adaptability to the space, power, and
environmental needs of the Corowave design."

    "Communications bottlenecks remain significant
obstacles in computing, but innovative solutions such as
the Corowave optical interconnect are removing wires and
changing the rules of connected computing," said Terry
Thomas, VP of Sales and Marketing for IntexyS.
"Wireless communication using RF technologies has
already transformed the telecommunications marketplace,
relieving the restrictions of cord-bound connections. 
Wireless communication using light in free space is now
enabling advances in data communications, creating new
potential for unobstructed processing of today's dynamic
information needs.  We are excited to be contributing the
IntexyS SMOD receiver to this innovative solution."

    About Lightfleet Corporation

    Using its patented Corowave(TM) technology,
Lightfleet(R) Corporation is providing compact solutions
that deliver unparalleled system-level computing
performance with low-impact environmental characteristics.
Systems incorporating Corowave technology use a patented
simultaneous, all-to-all broadcast optical capability to
dramatically reduce internal data bottlenecks caused by
inter-processor communication and internal bandwidth
limitations of today's system designs. Founded in Camas,
Washington in 2003, Lightfleet Corporation targets medium
and large enterprises in the commercial and government
sectors, with special emphasis on customers with
communications-bound applications.

    About IntexyS:

    IntexyS Photonics SA designs, manufactures and markets
highly integrated optical-electronic modules for high speed
applications based on its patented and industrial-proven
flip chip hybridization technology. The company provides
multi-standard compliant transmitter and receiver solutions
for serial and parallel optical interconnects. Headquartered
in Toulouse, France, IntexyS Photonics has a joint R&D
laboratory with the CEA/LETI in Grenoble, France and a U.S.
commercial and engineering office in Sunnyvale, California.


    For more information, please contact:

     Terry Thomas, VP Sales & Marketing 
     IntexyS Photonics
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Chris Kruell, VP Marketing 
     Lightfleet Corporation
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]