A while.
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Just a couple adjustments.   "they" are NOT "kind of fucked" (as you put it) if they need to double up on the chips.   They have the money.   The people who pre-ordered are kind of effed though.

"A While".   Let's not quibble on exact number of weeks but why not put it in terms every person with a pre-order can understand (maybe).   It will be about 1,200 avalons hashing by the time enough new chips come in for them to fulfill whatever they had intended to fill with their first order........