So I got an interview with Sonny Vleisides from BFL...

[greyhawk]

So, wait, this new manufacturing facility is necessitated by the ASICs production, I would guess. And you're talking about contracts, so it is not rented yet.

And you expect to ship in what? 3 weeks?

[jgarzik]

Thank CJ, I will expect your public apology when the ASICs ship.  Or are we going to hear crickets from you, too, when the time comes and you slink back to your hole and hide?

There are very few people who are on my ignore list.  He's one of them.  That "ignore" button in the left column profile area comes in handy

[Inaba]

As stated elsewhere, our first batch is going to be manufactured by the current pick and place house(s) we use.

[greyhawk]

Fair enough.

[Inaba]

I'd love to just send out the first batch with your new manufacturing equipment, but the PnP machine we are getting is a newer model than our PnP expert (Ninja lady, if you're wondering) is familiar with, so we want to get the first batch done from the current place while we gear up and start cranking out our stuff.  We are changing only one step at a time to identify any problem areas we might encounter in the manufacturing process.

Since the ASICs are all new products, sharing essentially none of the components, boards, anything from the FPGAs, we have to be pretty stringent and careful on every single step.

[Syke]

Thank CJ, I will expect your public apology when the ASICs ship.  Or are we going to hear crickets from you, too, when the time comes and you slink back to your hole and hide?

Now that October is almost over, are you polishing an apology of your own for promising October shipments and failing to meet it?