It just occured to me. Maybe they are using POET as the foundation for this TrueNorth Proc??

I am still digging. and clicked on this one.

IBM will spend 3 billion on RnD over the next 5 years. July 9, 2014

http://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-spends-3-billion-to-push-the-far-future-of-computer-chips/

Galium Arsinide is sited as one of the meterials.

The second goal is to choose among a range of more radical departures from today's silicon chip technology -- a monumental engineering challenge necessary to sustain progress in the computing industry. Among the options are carbon nanotubes and graphene; silicon photonics; quantum computing; brainlike architectures; and silicon substitutes that could run faster even if components aren't smaller.

I wonder if it would be a good idea to try and pry some information out of POET at the AGM regarding weather or not they have been in talks with IBM? or at the very least if IBM is aware of POET?