Syke, that's because, at the time, they WERE close to shipping.
Until the chips came in wrong, and they had to redo them,
and now they're stuck waiting on the foundry to make the changes.
You're completely pulling this out of your ass, am I right? Ten bucks says I'm right.
What does "the chips came in wrong" even mean?
You believe they had actual chips, but were "unsatisfied with performance" and trashed them?
That
was Nasser's late November spin on the situation IIRC.
Then the latest story: "The fucking foundry, man... Made our chips all wrong so that we have to redesign them."
And let's not forget, they were "close to shipping" in October.
