I am far from an expert as well, I'm simply equipped with a grade 12 reading comprehension and Google.
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Yes it's going to be a while IMO, they have to come up with a new recipe(Epiworks) for the wafer and then it take approximately 21 days to process that wafer(WaveTek) and find out if it works or not.. I think at this point, it's a lot of trial and error(science/engineering), but I'm confident in the teams ability.
(Beginners)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_beam_epitaxy
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/molecular-beam-epitaxy-introduction.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsGRKSV8yH8
(Advanced)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se-rAo3nioU
We're invested in a start-up, it's to be expected. Under Coppeti we were invested in a pipe-dream, at least now we're in a start-up with things happening. I'm still ecxited over-all, although I've re-ajusted my expectations.