I know, I know this is not what POET is and this is still about silicon photonics but before shooting the messenger, please read the entiere article and try to understand my own DD process.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/ibm-demos-first-fully-integrated-monolithic-silicon-photonics-chip/
Note that this article seems enlightening (to me at least), below some astracts:
- At the conference in the US, IBM has demonstrated what it claims to be the first fully integrated wavelength multiplexed silicon photonics chip. This is a big step towards commercial computer chips that support both electrical and optical circuits on the same chip package, and ultimately the same die. (The same die? isn't that the POET platform?)
- The next step, according to IBM, is to get the lasers on-package using III-V semiconductors (POET have that right?)
- One the most impressive facets of IBM's new chip is that it's fabricated on a fairly standard 90nm CMOS proces (POET is CMOS friendly right? targeting 40 nm right?)
Please, the techies on this forum, can you give your comments, I would appreciate.
Regards,
