Nope, nothing new, just a PR on their site about that deal.
Yes, it's just vaporware until we hear about a tape-out.

Really out of context.
That was the quote I made to HashFast on the 14th August. 
For HashFast, Uniquity had already published a signed letter confirming the deal much earlier, so a PR on Uniquity's website carried almost no weight. In this case, this is the first official confirmation from eAsic.