Well sure, but eASIC had already published a signed letter confirming the deal with ACTM too, so a PR on eASIC's website likewise carries almost no weight.
No, eAsic didn't publish any signed letter and didn't confirm any deal before today.
Yes they did, it's in the FAQ.
That's just a generic NDA, doesn't specify any deal being done. Today was the official release of the VMC/eAsic deal:
http://www.easic.com/vmc-uses-easic-to-achieve-24-756-ths-bitcoin-miner/Very different from the HashFast/Uniquify case:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=262052.0 (signed letter from Uniquify about the chip development, dated
July 24, 2013), while the official PR on
Uniquify's website was published 20 days later, on
August 13, 2013.
