Lightbits
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded 📆 | 2016 |
| Founders 👔 | Avigdor Willenz Eran Kirzner Kam Eshghi Muli Ben-Yehuda Sagi Grimberg |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , U.S. |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Lightbits is a software company founded by Avigdor Willenz, Eran Kirzner, Kam Eshghi, Muli Ben-Yehuda, and Sagi Grimberg, based in San Jose, California.[1][2][3][4]
History
Lightbits Labs was founded in 2016 by Avigdor Willenz, Eran Kirzner, Kam Eshghi, Muli Ben-Yehuda, and Sagi Grimberg when they developed a platform that uses the NVMe/TCP standard and can improve operations between NVMe and controller devices.[5][6][7]
In March 2019, Lightbits Labs received a $50 million investment from Dell EMC, Cisco, Micron Technology and others.[7][8] Previously, they received funding of $10 million in 2016.[8] In November 2019, NVM Express approved the NVMe/TCP developed by Lightbits Labs in collaboration with Cisco, Dell EMC, Intel, Meta, and Micron Technology.[7] In the same year, they introduced storage software that can run NVMe over TCP.[9]
In September 2020, Intel invested an undisclosed amount in Lightbits Labs.[3][10] They also formed a partnership with Intel to develop a disaggregated storage platform for data centers.[3][4][11]
In June 2022, Lightbits received $42 million in a funding round which included an investment from JP Morgan Chase..[7]
In October 2022, Lenovo Group invested an undisclosed amount in Lightbits Labs.[12]
References
- ↑ Edwards, John (March 15, 2021). "NVMe over TCP: How it supercharges SSD storage over IP networks". Network World.
- ↑ "NVMe over TCP : le stockage flash glisse vers l'IP - Le Monde Informatique". Le Monde.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Intel invests in Israeli co Lightbit Labs". September 29, 2020 – via Globes.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Benhamou, Par Pierre. "Les centres de données français d'Interxion seront neutres en carbone dès la fin 2020". ZDNet France.
- ↑ "Lightbits Labs".
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (March 12, 2019). "Lightbits Labs raises $50 million for software-defined 'disaggregated' server technology". VentureBeat.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Wiggers, Kyle (June 28, 2022). "Lightbits Labs lands $42M to speed up server data transfers".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Data center co Lightbits Labs raises $50m". December 3, 2019 – via Globes.
- ↑ Mellor, Chris (2019-03-12). "Let there be Lightbits: Hardware-software tag team touts block-level storage at SSD latencies". The Register.
- ↑ Wiehr, Hartmut (2021-03-22). "Start-ups bringen die NVMe-Technologie voran". com! - Das Computer-Magazin.
- ↑ Serra, Yann; Adshead, Antony (2022-08-15). "Lightbits offers NVMe-over-TCP at 5x less than NVMe-over-FC et al". ComputerWeekly.com.
- ↑ Kimball, Matt. "Lenovo Doubles Down On The Datacenter As ThinkSystem Turns 30". Forbes.
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