Of course you had to pointedly ignore KnC, because as the most successful BTC ASIC company ever, their example proves your latter claim demonstrably false.
You forgot to add "/s" so people don't think you're being serious.
So which BTC ASIC company is more successful than KnC?
And if KnC is just another big hot chip failure like HF/CT/BFL, why did Syke
accidentally forget to include them in his list?