It is not even a prototype correct? No gerbers? No BOM even? Just a drawing... what more can you say about it? Other than taking specifications they claim it will have and doing an analysis and then determining whether or not it is a good buy correct?
There's a lot to consider. Pre-orders are open now (Yes, I know BFL's history, no need to discuss further) and early adopters of new ASIC technology have often been greatly rewarded for taking some extra risk. I'm taking that little extra risk and have converted an April pre-order for a Monarch. And now I want to read what other people think, specifically about the Monarch and not about BFL's well-documented history.
And since when do we wait to talk about a future ASIC product? It's pretty obvious to me that any new ASIC announcement generates lots of interest and is immediately a hot topic.
Given what Death is saying in a comparison of the Asicminer Blades vs. 2012 BFL Products that have yet to ship... you might want to really rethink whether or not the Monarch has any value other than a thought experiment into a PCIe miner, seems to be hard to say anymore than that right? Forgive me but doesn't BFL have a forum for all this information. Why would anyone come here to get updated info on this product should you not go to the source?
BitcoinTalk has a larger audience. But I do read and post in BFL's forum too. I like to get as much information as possible.