LAS VEGAS, NV — January 8, 2007 — Rapport, Inc., the leader in next generation massively parallel reconfigurable chips and software, announced the availability of the Kilocore™ Development Platform with a complete software development tools suite, development board and production KC1-256™ chip. The Development Platform, along with audio, video, communications and security applications, can be seen this week in the IBM Partner Pavilion (South Hall LVCC #36634) at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.

Everything needed to design multi-function and compute-intensive applications at very low energy consumption is included. The tools suite includes the KCC™ compiler, the KCASM™ assembler and the KCSIM™ simulator, integrated in an open-source Eclipse™ development environment. As an introductory special, Rapport is including a laptop preconfigured with the Tools Suite.

“Designing great products with Rapport’s Kilocore Architecture and accelerating time to market is simple using our Development Platform,” said Frank Sinton, President of Rapport, Inc. “This platform enables system and device developers to use our current KC1-256 chip and prepare for the Kilocore1025™ chip that is in development and will feature 1,024 Kilocore processing elements together with IBM’s Power Architecture™.”

Kilocore Massively Parallel Architecture features unprecedented performance per watt while running multiple applications in parallel. Target markets include programmable server application offloading, such as TCP/IP and search, in addition to consumer electronics such as handheld devices and home media servers.

“Rapport welcomes inquiries from OEMs, ODMs, device designers, software providers and distributors,” said David Fisher, VP of Worldwide Sales at Rapport. ”Introductory pricing of the Development Platform is $10,000 and units are shipping now”.

About Rapport, Inc.
Rapport, Inc., is the technology leader in developing next-generation, low-cost massively parallel chips with its Kilocore™ Architecture Computing Fabric. These chips can be dynamically configured for the highest compute efficiency per watt available today. The Kilocore platform provides computing power for a wide range of applications from handheld devices to servers. The company is based in Redwood City, California. For more information, visit: www.kilocore.com.

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