Now that we have a direct connection to Applied Materials & Lam Research with the addition of Dr. Deshmukh, notice that the Gold & Silver sponsors of Confab2015 are Lam & Applied Materials respectively.

http://theconfab.com/2015-preliminary-participant-list/

Seems like Poet & Applied are looking like they have been joined at the hip for longer than we thought. The Confab list of sponsors has been listed for a number of months and Poet has been listed as a Confab industry partner for the same time period.

So who else do we have an undisclosed relationship with? Time will tell.