Contrary to some of the trolls over on Bitcoin Talk, we fully intended to start shipping at the end of October, but with a project as complex as this, ...
Come on dude, all your ASICS do is SHA-256. That's not rocket science.
According to your definition of "complex" we'd still be using Intel-8080 8-bit microprocessors - because everything else is just toooooo complex.
There was a flaw in the chip that needed to be addressed and it pushed the date out, plain and simple.
And maybe there's a flaw in the next revision of your chip. And in the next. And in the next.
As long as you don't have a working prototype you know shit.
Many people have asked this question ("do you have a working prototype?"). Either they got banned from BFL forums, or you mocked, trolled or lied to them. Very professional Mr. BFL Spokesperson, very professional. Not.
Only a few days ago you have been asked by bitcoindaddy:
"Is there any chance that when the 20,000 ASIC's arrive, that they don't work as expected? Has the foundry sent you test chips or run a wafer's worth of chips for you already to test with?".
Your reply was:
"There is always a chance of that. With this revision, we don't have a test sample chip right now. The likelyhood of it not working at this point is pretty slim though.".
https://forums.butterflylabs.com/pre-sales-questions/406-any-chance-chips-wont-work.htmlAt that time you knew for sure that the chips where borked.