Oogee,

I agree with you, a foundry would be the ideal partner and this was stated in multiples news release.

The SSC did set the table and I believe that there is much more partners involvment already undergoing than we have been informed to date.

POET Technologies – Special Strategic Committee Update

January 6th, 2014

• A plan for establishing POET Development Alliances (PDA’s) – The Company is in discussion with several potential industry partners who have the necessary foundry infrastructure to take the POET technology to the manufacturing stage.

Do you really believe this is only BAE ?

• The partnership roles encompass fab, tool and engineering resources as well as product and library development for future applications.
• Ideal partners will be producers of products which can incorporate the POET IP technology to provide the lowest power consumption and cost-effective industry disruptive system solutions.

Which market would target first ? The mobile hand-held device ?

Drive for Reduction of Feature Size to 100-nm Range (100nm), Milestone #8

This highlights the importance of developing an alliance with a fab partner where repeating this milestone and improving it will be significantly easier with advanced lithography equipment standard for CMOS processing.

POET Technologies Achieves New Milestone and Reports Significant Progress

March 4th, 2014

Drive for Feature Size to 100-nm Range (MS-8)

The 100-nm goal is matched to the state-of-the-art commercial III-V foundry capabilities

Technical Development Kits (TDK)

The Company is reporting that, with the help of select potential POET Development Alliance (PDA) partners, progress on this milestone is ahead of the schedule set by the former Special Strategic Committee.

Who are the select potential PDA partners that are helping POET with TDKs?

POET Technologies Adds Key Staff and Files Strategic Patent Applications for POET-Based Quantum Computing

March 31st, 2014

POET Expands Laboratory Staff

Mr. Peter Copetti, Executive Chairman and interim CEO, noted, “Over the last few months, the Company has moved dramatically from proof-of-principle through:

• lab device demonstration;
• full third-party validation with a commercial foundry; and
• working with select potential partners on technical design kits

POET Technologies Announces Completion and Availability of POET Technology Design Kit Documentation (POET/TDK)

April 7th, 2014

POET/TDK

POET/TDK provides complete documentation for the entire catalog of active electronic and electro-optical devices currently supported by the POET process.

It comprises a comprehensive device parameter library, and enables potential customers and partners – including semiconductor foundries and device and library developers – to implement the POET process.

POET/TDK and associated information is shared only under non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with current and potential partners and customers for the express purpose of evaluation of and migration to the POET platform.

POET Technologies Provides Update on 100-nm Initiative, Process Equipment Upgrade, and Technology Design Kits

May 27th, 2014

He added, “While timelines have had to accommodate challenges in our drive to 100-nm, I am encouraged by the significant recent progress, especially in parallel with our PET/TDK achievements. Our potential partners and customers have noted this significant progress

POET Technologies Appoints Ajit Manocha as Executive Vice Chairman and Announces Other Board Updates

July 7th, 2014

No need to quote anything, he is the real deal, PC was probably refering to Ajit in his prior statement : " this has allowed me and my executive team to have very detailed discussions with them under non-disclosure agreements, many of them ongoing at this time."