That must be why it is so cheap. Some legwork is required at a boutique fab?
Am I the only one here who's gob-smacked by the fact that none of the project leads for any of the BTC ASIC vendors seem to have been flying to Asia on a regular basis to meet with their agents and manufacturers?
I thought no one else had noticed this.
It sounds incredibly stupid [of them] to spend several million on a mask (or two, or three) and not even talk about how an actual BFL rep is spending a thousand or two to keep going back and forth between their fab and the states.
I am glad someone else noticed this!
It borders on the absurd. I think Tom was doing this, but I can't be sure.