The silence "sounds" to me like BFL is in the backroom talking about the "issue" before them.
Expect promises to come quickly, and actual changes very slowly.
Heh.
I had a feeling that you would defend whatever the magic feature was when released, then fabricate some numbers to make it sound amazing. Adding extra modules to bring an Avalon to 90GH/s is roughly the same as buying a little single to add to your 60GH/s single to get to 90GH/s...Except that the Avalon will cost $1500 to start with, we don't know what the add on modules will cost, it still takes up more space, and the power usage is STILL going to be much higher.
I predicted before that the feature would not be enough to overcome the difference in power usage or make people suddenly cancel their BFL orders. Was I wrong?
Lets see. Part of this observation is going to be long term as people get their rigs and figure out what upgrade path they will put into practice.
Don't be surprised if BFL tries to copy Avalon in the premise.