http://www.coindesk.com/butterfly-labs-coo-responds-to-detractors-amid-company-struggles/Zerlan stated that there are several months to go before “we see the actual chips in hand” because the 28nm chips are still on the tape-out process but revealed that BFL are set to do what he described as a “bullet run”, which will produce a limited number of chips in 24 days (versus the normal 75-90 days required for a typical foundry run). This will not only enable Butterfly Labs to verify that the chips are working as expected but would also allow a small volume of customer orders to be shipped sooner than initially anticipated.
“The bulk run of chips should take place a few weeks after the bullet run, which is where many of the later orders will come from. That is expected to start shipping sometime in late January or early February 2014. As I get more information, I intend to keep everyone updated as much as possible,” Zerlan told CoinDesk.
counting back from mid-February, a 75-90 day 'normal run' will mean that it would start around end of November. If this date is a 'few weeks after the bullet run' then the bullet run should expect to produce a few chips in early November, with the tape-out for the bullet run being 24 days before this, so around mid-October.
This does align with the timescales given by BFL before. Those with very early Monarch orders should expect to get their product by mid-November.
Let the flaming begin.
Will
