Ahasa,
Let everyone have their fun at the moment it passes the time whilst waiting for the biggy.
Given the lab difficulties at the time with the new 'spluttering machine' that did not work a phase of development towards commercialisation was switched to BAE. The product of that short term agreement was clearly expressed at (1) below (My emboldening) in the announcement on 30 March 2015.
Not all agree but for me at this juncture Apple Engineers were directly involved with POET's devlopment and it is no accident that the same announcement introduces the formation of the Technology Roadmap Advisory Board' Tony Blevins et al.
The company hoping to impress Apple were undoubtedly knocked sideways by the failure of the new machine which did not deliver the results predicted and the knee jerk reaction was to turn to their old friends BAE for Help! This phase of POET's history may be revealed more clearly to us when Apple announces its use of POET products, which as many here will know is my particular chestnut that the 40 Engineer deal was transacted and APPLE are developing licensed POET products. This deal will soon becom apparent when the most secretive company in the world choses to shout its new advantage from the rood tops The big question is when - 'Soon'!?
Sula
Collaboration Agreement with BAE
POET Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) signed a contract with BAE Systems under which BAE Systems will provide non-exclusive third-party foundry services in support of the Company’s “Lab-to-Fab” transition plan. The current phase of the work will be performed between March 2015 and August 2015. Key objectives of the collaboration include process transfer, prototype builds and design enablement kit development. Using BAE Systems’ ISO Certified manufacturing facility will improve the quality, process control and analytical capacity of prototype builds. The result will be both a more manufacturable process and improved optimization of the device structures included in the POET technology.
Initial phases of the program will be performed using 3-inch wafers but from the onset the program will work towards the objective of achieving the full process flow on 6-inch wafers. Virtually all production GaAs-based processes are currently manufactured using 6-inch wafers. (1) The Company believes that using BAE Systems’ manufacturing and test capabilities will help the Company to build devices that dramatically demonstrate the disruptive nature of the technology.
From <http://www.poet-technologies.com/poet-technologies-announces-the-signing-of-a-collaboration-agreement-with-bae-systems-and-corporate-updates/>
