Josh claimed - in this thread - that the tapeout took place in August 2013. The Skype log from November 6, 2013 seems to contradict that, doesn't it?
[11/6/2013 11:19:29 AM] Josh Zerlan: Honestly, if we haven't even taped out at this
point, I dont' see us shipping a product until the very end of January at the
earliest, more like middle of February.
If you check the Wayback Machine
6 weeks later, they were still claiming that August 2013 tapeout:
https://web.archive.org/web/20131219192442/http://www.butterflylabs.com/monarch/So the shipping dates were not changed at all any time close to that conversation.
Or am I missing something?