08:00 AM EDT, 03/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- POET Technologies Inc. ( POET ) , the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for the data center, telecommunication and AI markets, was at last look up 1.5% in US premarket trade after announcing its first entry into the optical module market for artificial intelligence and cloud data center markets with an 800G pluggable transceiver. The WavelightTM is an 800G 2xFR4 OSFP module that incorporates the Company's POET Optical InterposerTM technology and related optical engine products.

A statement noted Wavelight is the company's first POET-branded module and its initial entry into the pluggable optical module market, "representing a key milestone in its commercialization roadmap". POET said it debuts in the module market "at the leading edge of module designs at a speed and performance that is highly sought after by AI network operators such as Google, Meta, Nvidia and AWS". The company added it will showcase Wavelight modules at the OFC 2024 conference in San Diego from March 26-28 (Booth #5001) and customer sampling will begin in Q3 2024.