Funny, I just noticed this bit about account setup at UMC. I really doubt that UMC would build masks for a customer without an account, so that means no 55 nm tapeout yet. Based on Ken's promptness on getting shares tradeable, I guess he'll tape out in May. If they have the money...
Weekly Update 2/5/2013
This last week has been very busy with our Project manager and engineers working with eASIC on our 28nm custom chip. We have receive the first results back and the chip is expected to run at 30 GH/s, we are working on improving this number. Also, we have received the quote on our PCIe board and our project manager and engineers are meeting with eASIC and our board engineers this week to keep our project on track. We are also meeting with UMC to finalize our account setup. We are also thinking about going to a 20nm custom chip and skipping the 28nm, if we can get it produced fast enough.