FJ : "Note that Sam is referring to POET as being at the forefront of the next revolution in the semiconductor industry."

John Kelly (head of IBM Research): "Because of the fundamental architecture of computing, data has to be moved repeatedly from where it's stored to the microprocessor," said Kelly, a Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate. "That consumes a lot of time and energy. And now, with the emergence of the big data phenomenon, it's no longer sustainable. That's why we need to turn computing inside out — moving processing to the data."

POET : POET is up to 10x faster than existing technologies, up to 90% more power efficient, flexible and integrated (for application solutions that can be applied to virtually any technical application, including processors, SoC, memory, digital/mobile, sensor/laser and electro-optical, among many others) and can be deployed into existing silicon fabs – Since POET is a CMOS friendly technology fabricated using standard lithography techniques.

John Kelly (head of IBM Research): « Revolutions typically start imperceptibly," Kelly said. "A shift takes place out of plain sight, but it sets in motion a series of actions and reactions. Eventually, a pattern begins to emerge. Then it gains momentum».

POET is a revolution, it could be easily integrated into current semiconductor production facilities extending the profitable utilization of fabrication equipment and production lines.

PET/POET are datacentric solutions.

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