Rapport, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company located in the San Francisco Bay area and is the technology leader in developing next generation low-cost, massively parallel chips that can be dynamically configured for compute-intensive applications at extremely low power.  Rapport's first mass production chip, the KC256®, started shipping in 2006. The Kilocore® Development Platform, including software tools, has been tested with initial partners. Next generation Kilocore chips utilizing additional processing elements are in development, including a model that incorporates a PowerPC® in combination with the Kilocore fabric.

Kilocore technology is based on 7 years of research and development from Carnegie Mellon university. Rapport has an exclusive license for commercial development.

Kilocore technology is scalable and can include thousands of parallel processors on a single small chip, providing unprecedented high performance with simultaneous computing of multiple functions at extremely low power consumption.

Kilocore chips are ideal for applications requiring high processing performance and very low power consumption. Rapport’s current market initiatives include mobile media, acceleration of PowerPC applications and security for defense contractors. Rapport is also investigating opportunities with partners and customers in other applications that can benefit from this technology including search engines, accelerating XML, servers, biometrics, communications and image processing.