The only place to assemble electronics on a large scale and make a profit is China. The fact that BFL is trying to do it in the US is a major alarm bell. There is absolutely no way they will have the capability to meet their current orders. The cost is far too great. They will have to hire facilities and people in China to get the work done. That will take several months to organize.
Sorry but that is simply not true..
First of all we are not talking about large scale. The maybe 10.000 Boards or whatever will be the output of a small plant in a day. (To get it through the whole plant will take 3-5 days..)
And i worked in one and knew another within 50km from my place in middle europe. Where everything is much more expensive than in most parts of the US.
Its simple: high tech with small work force..
And its much more irrelevant if its a product like a miner where you have 50000% of profit after producing the chips.. 2$ more per board does not count when you make 2k$ profit per board...