Whoops, just noticed all the posts and didn't realize how far behind I was today.

MrsDreamingBig, the eetimes got a presentation done for them by POET. Therefore yes the information came from them but the problem there is that it was probably assimilated by the writer who doesn't quite understand the technology and hence made the two mistakes (one bad one and one that is just another way of looking at everything).

"As part of a presentation to EE Times, the company outlined the heart of POET Platform-a patented materials system that supports monolithic fabrication of integrated circuits containing active and passive optical performance analogue and digital elements."