burnin, I will have to ask you how much will you be able refund from an pending order?
no sign of chips, I have to ask that. if the chips dont show up soon, I will have to cancel my orders.
Just chill. Read below:
From
http://www.avalon-asics.comstory so far - 8/19
chips have arrived via other routes as previously announced, we are shipping them out at the rate of 40-50k on a daily basis at the moment, in addition to the ~150k or so that went out, another 40k was shipped today. There is multiple channel which the chips are arriving from various packaging facility to minimize downtime. Please bare this in mind: while we had backup/multiple packaging companies and various delivery routes, things still will go wrong. There is also testing that must be done, then they can split, packed and sent to the EZP coupled with their CN-22 and be on their way. We will provide more update as they come. In addition, the trade-in and refunds are being processed.
"There is also testing that must be done, then they can split, packed and sent to the EZP coupled with their CN-22 and be on their way"
In other words: The chips are not yet cut out of their wafer, not yet testet and not yet packed into their solder package...
I think forum orders are around 200k. I may be wrong so please correct me. So if 190k are already shipped then i'm happy.
Unfortunately Zefir (who by my understanding has the earliest chip orders on the forum) just posted that he has no news/updates on delivery. This means that Avalon, if they are actually shipping this time, aren't bothering to send notice and/or tracking numbers. I guess best case scenario is that they just show up all of a sudden at the organizers' doors.
Some developers received sample chips without any notice or any change in their web shop. If the 150k chips were shipped at the end of the week why don't you people allow at least a week for some news? Too much FUD.