(...) We are also working very hard on getting the ASICs out the door on time. We are really beefing up our production capacity and moving everything we can in house. We've purchased a pick and place machine, an oven, stenciler and other equipment to manufacture all the boards in house. This means we can produce as many boards as we need without being at the mercy of board manufacturers and their timing/runs. (...)
Seems to me like the focus of BFL at this moment is on increasing production scale, rather than getting the product out the door as early as possible. Makes me think some of the other operations might already be mining with their first crude mad-dash batch of ASICs by the time BFL delivers...
Interesting race!