Regarding your question on operating speed, please find your answer below that I have extracted from the original Pellegrino Valuation Report.
Background on POET Technology
"Known as the Planar Opto Electronic Technology (“POET”), POET fulfills a long-held objective of the semiconductor industry, bypassing many of the physical limits of existing semiconductor technologies. Key benefits of the POET platform include faster semiconductor operating frequencies-- up to 100GHz-- lower heat losses, greater reliability, and total system cost. All components of the technology have been validated by third parties, and the Company expects to have a fully integrated, operational chip within months. The technology is protected by numerous U.S. and international patents issued and pending."
100 GHz - incredibly fast whilst also being smaller, more reliable, lower heat losses and drastically reduced cost; on one monolithically integrated chip.
This technology appears to hit all performance and cost criteria in quantum leap proportions, has been validated by BAE and others and is fully patent protected.
For all these reasons I think this is an outstanding opportunity.
If I am wrong I will lose money, but if this plays out the way I hope, a fortune is going to be made.
ST