So they should be getting chips this week, correct? Still a slim chance they could make the deadline it seems. Has there been any word from them? They still are insisting they will ship by the end of the month, correct?
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And, as of a few days ago, ... ... it looks like we're probably going to slip, by about a week.
Ironically, not because of the silicon, even though that is the part of the system that takes the longest to manufacture. That's going through the foundry smoothly. But we ran into a delay sourcing one of our other components.
We've now found an alternative source. But that delay means it'll be challenging for us to ship finished systems before the end of October.
It's disappointing, but unfortunately these things happen. I'm glad we've made it this far through the process, and are still so close to our target date.
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TL;DR: NO. The packing popcorn order fell through -- interns have been hired to crumple newspapers. These things happen.