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Lightfleet Corporation
Founded in 2003, Lightfleet Corporation is a privately funded high tech company located in Camas, WA which is a suburb of Portland, OR.
Brief Description and Introduction to Lightfleet
Lightfleet is an emerging Pre-IPO growth company that has invented the world’s first free space, broadcast, optical interconnect. (An interconnect allows multiple processors (or chips) to communicate with each other).
Lightfleet’s unique interconnect allows computer systems to utilize broadcast light to transmit data as opposed to the traditional method of wires. This revolutionary method eliminates the need for wires or switches and for the first time unleashes the true power and potential of parallel computing.
This invention, called CorowaveTM, makes systems smaller and more powerful while consuming far less energy.
Prior to Lightfleet, when a system became faster or smaller it consumed more energy. As technology struggles to keep up with consumer demand this trend is a crippling problem that will only get worse. In fact, with the rising costs of energy it will soon cost far more to supply the hardware with electricity than to purchase the hardware itself. (CIO Magazine recently predicted that in less than three years the cost of energy could be more than 22 times the cost of the hardware it supplies).
Lightfleet’s system uses far less energy while being faster and smaller, thus solving the problems of data storage today.
This interconnect, called Corowave, will first be implemented in a new type of server which will be manufactured on-site.
If you would like to learn more, please visit www.lightfleet.com
Press
Lightfleet has generated an incredible amount of interest from the Tech Community and a few samples of this press are listed below.
In one of the most significant advancements in system-level technology in many years, Lightfleet Corporation today announced it has developed and is bringing to market a new type of interconnect technology, based on multi-channel broadcast light, to simultaneously and continuously link the key elements within computing, communications and embedded systems. – HPC Wire
A homegrown discovery that will change the world. – OregonBusiness Magazine
Parallel processing systems using Lightfleet's patented Corowave optical interconnect technology can, for the first time in history, operate in a truly parallel fashion, mimicking natural computing systems such as the human brain. – HPC Wire
Lightfleet's technology, developed over the last four years, is attacking the delays that are inherent in the parallel processing used in today's supercomputing, which divides workloads among large numbers of processors. – InformationWeek
Gartner, a leading analyst firm, has named Lightfleet one of five “Cool Vendors” to watch in its 2007 Emerging Technologies Reports.
To see what else has been written about Lightfleet, please visit the following link. Lightfleet Press
People
Lightfleet is a fast growing, privately funded U.S. company located in Camas, Washington. Executives and key contributors at Lightfleet have established backgrounds in innovation, entrepreneurship, and corporate management from a range of industries including systems hardware, software, and semiconductors.
Lightfleet is Growing
Lightfleet has the potential to alter the high-tech landscape in the Portland Metro Area and add revenue and jobs to the community. In order to keep pace with the demand for Lightfleet’s product, Lightfleet will be rapidly growing in the coming months.
This is a great opportunity to join a Pre-IPO organization that will help shape the future of Portland’s high tech community while also having a significant impact on the world.
Currently, Lightfleet is searching for the positions listed below. We are expanding though so we encourage you to submit your resume even if you do not see a match below as there may be a fit down the road.
Senior Electro-Optical Engineer
Senior Optical Metrology / Test Engineer
Senior Linux Kernel Engineer
Senior FPGA Verification Engineer
Staff Applications Engineer
Lightfleet will soon begin searching for Senior Linux Developers as well .
For more information on the above positions, please visit the following link. Careers at Lightfleet
A Friend of the Open Solutions Alliance
The Open Solutions Alliance consists of leading companies dedicated to making enterprise-class open software solutions work together. We help customers put open solutions to work by enabling application integration, certifying quality solutions, and promoting cooperation among open solutions developers.
Collaboration Within A Community
Lightfleet believes in the principles of the Open Source Community. As a Member of the RedHat Hardware Program, our customers have the confidence of knowing these certified hardware systems are supported by Red Hat when running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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- 4800 NW Camas Meadows Drive
- Camas, WA 98607
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