For those of you who think it is easy to order chips and that YiFu could easily have done better and cheaper, I offer a challenge:
Make it so.
They had them in January ... so ... yeah send out an order for more of the same ... I guess that was beyond his abilities ...Make it so.
I don't think I can produce a batch of ASICs. If you can, then compete with him.
My point ... that is clearly beyond your feeble understanding ... is that they have already ordered these chips this year more than once.
The chips have been mining in 2 rigs since January ... a few more since then
So the process of getting more is a repeat of what they have already done more than once ... and no chip design involved in it at all.
Do I need to use smaller words or bigger text to point out the obvious?
Do you understand what is involved with the manufacture of a modern integrated circuit? You are talking about one of the most complex manufacturing processes on earth. Yifu is clearly at fault for missing the deadlines he promised - but that does not change the fact that getting these chips manufactured is far more complex than sending TSMC a request for some more chips.