TOULOUSE, France and CAMAS, Washington, September 17 /PRNewswire/ --

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

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.

Web site: http://www.intexysphotonics.com