Don't know if this will help or not, but there seems to be some confusion amoung members of the board about testing and qualification. I think if that is the case here, then it is probably doubly true out there is the investing populace.

The key element is that EVERY piece of new equipment (large component or wafer small) for the data and communication industry must meet rigorous standards, be torture tested and survive an incredible number of use cycles before it can enter general use.

The next important thing to keep in mind is that our basic tech of the dielectric waveguide die for optical interposer use HAS been finished qualification. If not, the company would not be confident it could produce prototype devices, based on it, for indudtry trials.

Now, consider there are literally thousands of existing products that could benefit from Interposer technology insertion, and probably thousands more that have yet to be invented.

Each and every one of these has to be qualified before they see use out in the world. That is an accepted part of the semiconductor world. Remember, if a product goes south, data may stop flowing and that company never recovers.

So, POET is exactly where they have said we are for internal qualification and the industry has accepted that, because companies within the industry are now qualifying prototypes of their own, based on our know good die assemblies.

In simplest terms, we are no longer qualifying our core stuff, we are now working with customers to qualify their stuff

IMO, of course