POET Management have made it quite clear that MS#8 (the 100nm feature size) is of primary importance.
That is what the "Large Scale Industry" wants to see.
That also means that potential new serious institutional investors will be waiting for MS#8.
MS#5 is low on difficulty and SP impact.
MS#7 validation is clearly a major achievement, especially if coupled wiyh a BAE deal.
MS#8 is huge.
MS#7 validation is in the hands of BAE (already done in the lab).
So it stands to reason POET are throwing maximum resource into MS#8 and that's the one we really want to see accomplished.
Go Team POET.