I see you writing posts then almost immediately deleting them, it only adds to the confusion.
I'm also positive that friedcat made other posts that he subsequently deleted
You seem to get needlessly upset/confused/emotional about the fact that people can revise their posts.
I don't see anything wrong with it, although I would favor a 60-minute limit (can't edit posts more than 60 minutes old). If I had to painstakingly triple-check everything I wrote here before it became engraved in stone this would feel a lot more like work, and I probably wouldn't be inclined to post here.
I have my email client set to sequester outbound messages for 60 minutes, so I guess I've become accustomed to being able to do this.
Anyway, here's the available Block Erupter a.k.a. ASICMINER information.
There are still no definite information about the die size. There are two posts that predate the tape-out.
Area: 17.5mm^2 per chip
Area: 21.7mm^2 per chip
Hrm, well, in the face of conflicting information I think we're going to just have to wait. Please let me know if anybody from ASICMINER authoritatively clarifies the situation.
Also, last I heard they were not planning on selling any chips or any products including their chips, which would mean there will never be independent verification. Maybe the situation has changed; I don't follow the business end of this stuff too closely. Anyways, if that's still the case I'd be uneasy about including those numbers
they could be fudged quite a bit at zero risk of getting caught.