Quote from: papiraul on January 30, 2014, 01:52:20 PM

Quote from: jimmothy on January 30, 2014, 01:41:39 PM

Quote from: GodHatesFigs on January 30, 2014, 01:34:58 PM

So with tapeout in March, what's the earliest we could see finished chips?

Tapeout in a few days

Finished chips in march.

Just a quick explanation:

Taped out
Refers to the completion of the design of a chip. The next stage is to put it into production. The term comes from the early days when designs were transferred to the fabricator via magnetic tape.

So all the specifications you get from FC about the chip rightnow comes from simulations. There's actually still no physical chip produced so there's still a lot of things that can go wrong or be delayed. It's not until the real chip can be benchmarked that we will know for real. I would advice to be a bit cautious before buying into stocks at the current high prices.

Yep, we get there is no real chip yet, no real need to spell that out. Your "high prices" are someone elses "bargain". we'll see in March / April