Ken has been asked many times about the timeframe he posted at the beginning of the thread and he never answered. Others have speculated but not an answer from Ken. Not sure why he can't answer if its 9 weeks from the post or 9 weeks from the NRE. I speculate that its 9 weeks from the post.
It means from the time of NRE payment. That is eASIC's timeline... look it up, you don't need Ken to tell you. That information was available weeks before this thread was started. It isn't some magical new information only obtained in September.
edit: Thank you, Sou.