Re: And some more delays in BFL shipment plans / no shipment before 14th Jan 2013
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.
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.
I am simply speculating here, yes. Based on everything I have read coming from BFL over the past months, I believe they received chips in late October or early November (shortly before they posted the pictures with the chips attached to them), and they didn't work properly (or performed so sub-par as to require a revision). They're doing the clock buffer revision (and who knows what else they are revising and not admitting to), and now waiting on the fab for the new chips.
I really wish they would be more open about their happenings, but it is what it is. I could be completely wrong, this is just my guessing based on what I have read between the lines in their statements. I truly do not believe they have intentionally misled, only that they have made estimates that turned out to be wrong. They were fully intending to ship in late October, provided everything went right.
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.
Without working chips, they were never close to shipping.