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 ...
I don't think I can produce a batch of ASICs. If you can, then compete with him.
I'm not sure I understand your point, but my point is that I think Yifu has been unethical and needs to right his wrongs. I don't think the reason my chips haven't shipped have anything to do with how difficult it is to develop/produce/ship an ASIC. It has to do with him selling it to the highest bidder and not fulfilling his own plainly state "no bullshit" (should have been "loads of bullshit") terms of sale.
If he deliberately acted bad, it is pointless to try to do anything about it, you can't really force him.
If he did his best and was overwhelmed, adding more distractions will just make him more behind.
That is just it -- I think it is a combination. I think he deliberately acted unethically and without honor by selling our chips to the highest bidder, BUT I think he was hoping to get another order of chips turned around quickly enough that our chips were just delayed by a few weeks and is failing miserably. It is still possible for him to right this wrong... but will he?