RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:POET pumpersIt should be noted that the 100-nanometre ring oscillator and a 50-gigahertz VCSEL being produced at the third party fab are expected to be completed by the end of this month. The statement is supported by Dan DeSimone. Considering Dan’s background one would have to surmise that he is very qualified to make this projection and at meeting targets.
Mr. DeSimone was most recently senior manager, test and wafer sort engineering, at Fairchild Semiconductor. Under his leadership, the Fairchild team achieved significant increases in quality and yield during wafer production in several 0.5- and 0.35-micron CMOS/BiCMOS/BiPolar technologies. In addition to manufacturing experience, Mr. DeSimone brings to the company two distinct experiences:
- Strategic product road map definition -- addressing server and storage vertical markets;
- Broad integrated circuit development encompassing analog mixed signal through large digital application specific integrated circuits.
As was reported on Feb 10:
Completion of milestone -- third party foundry 40-/100-nanometre transfer The company completed its third party foundry 40-/100-nanometre transfer milestone, consisting of completing the critical layers of the transistor fabrication process. This flow process will allow the company to generate more complex prototypes and test structures. As the Poet process node size shrinks, this facilitates new industry innovations and furthers development work. This new epitaxial flow process includes new innovations in the Poet prototype fabrication process. These innovations were necessary to continue the optimization work of the 100- and 40-nanometre foundation devices of the company's technology. Dan DeSimone, chief technical officer, noted, "This is a significant step for our lab-to-fab transition, where this new flow at our third party foundry accelerates and adds repeatability and quality to our manufacturing process, necessary for our next two significant milestones expected at the end of Q1: a 100-nanometre ring oscillator and a 50-gigahertz VCSEL."