RE: Network Speed Addressed First.... Fact is, the scammers on this thread would like readers to believe that Infinera's Photonic Integrated Circuit chip design is only for Networking, simply not true and misleading.
First we need the ultra-high network speed and efficiency which Infinera is successfully integrating with many global telecoms. That is a fact.
Secondly, and Infinera has stated so, their technology can and will be used in devices that can use their network. There is currently no need for faster devices unless we have a network capable of delivering, which Infinera is presently, and successfuly addressing.
Read the following from the previous link to understand the technology, and how disruptive Infinera's technology truly is, and then think how far behind POET is and will be once they meet their final milestone of integrating their components on one chip sometime 1st Quarter of 2014. This is high tech. You move slow and you lose. JMO Think about it, and you may understand why they needed to raise money so cheaply and dilutive. The risk is more than just high here IMO.
https://www.lightreading.com/bookham-genoa-show-loa/240041659
Infinera’s success depends on whether its bottom-up approach to lowering network costs works. But rather than wait for its inexpensive integrated photonic chip to to be used in devices on optical networks, Infinera is building its own network device based on its chip. Mr. Singh predicts that such a device could cut by half the cost of building, owning, and managing an optical network. If it costs $600 million to build and run a fiber-optic link between New York and San Francisco using current technology, he says, then Infinera’s technology could cut the costs to $300 million. But is that good enough?
“Half is not good enough; you need to do more than that. Anything that cost a buck before will have to cost a dime,” says Mr. Yedwab.
Infinera is heeding this message. Even though Mr. Singh, Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Welch have developed a chip that might cut network costs in half, they know that isn’t enough. They continue to look for additional ways to make optical communications even cheaper through applications of their integrated photonic circuit. If successful, their effort promises to rescue the telecommunications industry and to herald a new era of innovation.