Mack said, From a client’s perspective, that last deliverable has to be proof that you are able to replicate the OI at wafer scale, hundreds per wafer, at a quality level satisfactory to the customer. Now, it also means these OI have been produced in volume to the client specifications, which in my mind means that hundreds, more likely thousands, of client- ready Optical Interposers have been handed over for insertion and testing in client (400g) product prototypes.
I concur, the only thing that I am still unclear about is the required testing, I have seen 2000/5000 hours and 3000/6000 hours, but I have also seen that each piece of the transceiver goes through the testing process on its own so to speak, then the combined transceiver final product goes through yet another round of the same testings, it seems that the testing process is like a million years, you know I am purposely exaggerating, but seriously, where is Poet in relation to a finished salable product? I presume the 400Gb Transceiver with the Tier 1 partner will be the first product, and that the 100Gb (2nd generation) Transceiver is next, so are we to assume the 400 Gb Transceiver is built already using Poet's OI, and it is now undergoing the rigorous final product testing, or are we just now completing the testing of the OI standalone "platform" which would put the finalized testing of the complete transceiver further out, plus I presume Poet could just License the OI to the Tier 1, wish I knew better the answers to these questions, but the PPS seems to be getting the nod that it's "all systems go" and it would be sweet for Poet to have a launch party at OFC unveiling the Tier 1 whose 400Gb Transceiver Poet will enable with the Industry first wafer scale OI, exciting times, wish I held back the large pile of traders I let go for a few pennies gain couple years back lol
