RE: RE: RE: RE: Forbes article about Luxtera The .075 quoted is the cost advantage. The competing technology uses 4 separate chips to produce the optical interconnect making the package expensive to produce at an estimated cost of $200. The POET optical interconnect is one small chip with fabrication cost estimated at $15. Thus POET only cost 7.5% the cost of competing technologies.
What it would sell for ? The margin for profit is much higher than competing technologies. Considering all the advantages in speed, energy savings, space, and reliability one would expect that the optical interconnect chip could be priced at 3 or 4 times higher than the competing technology to provide the same value making the profit margin many multiples higher the competing technology.