ca> what ... announcement did Mansfield's move closely follow?

it was approx. 48hrs after the POET re-branding.

there's a reason that my avatar is what it is.

:-)

GLAL,

R.

PS: just to save y'all the trouble of ferreting thru my posting history for (most of) the timeline ...

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/581234-aapl-chip-strategy-news/messages/1823464#message

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/581234-aapl-chip-strategy-news/messages/1823749#message

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/581234-aapl-chip-strategy-news/messages/1823760#message

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/590957-aapl-spending-4-billion-extra-any-of-it-related-to-us/messages/1854562#message

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/599450-semi-ot-aapl-secrecy/messages/1880506#message

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/608413-apple-weighing-options-for-devloping-its-own-baseband-chips/messages/1907278#message

but ...

if you can only read one, it's probably this one ...

http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/609903-special-projects-at-apple/messages/1912263#message