you have just said that friedcat's announcement is far less substantial then Ken's release.
For the product we are talking about - and we are talking about this
40nm chip not anything that FC has done before - this is indeed a far less substantial news release than one from Ken which mentions a chip that has been
taped out. That is a fact. FC's chip is all on paper as far as we know. He does not mention any post-production stage. You are assuming a lot.
His company's ability to make and deliver a product for a premium price is unmatched.
You cannot - especially in this industry - measure someone's potential by what they have achieved in the past. This is a completely new project - new projects present new problems. As kleeck said, AM has had it's own setbacks along the way and a lot of people lost a lot of money in their slow a steady decline on BTC-TC. This 40nm chip is in it's very early stages, you might think FC is a better bet than ACtM but OK it's still a gamble. I like the odds right now on ACtM. You don't, and that's fine.
Edit - if FC has all the funds he needs I just wonder why he is looking for partners and customers months before the chip is ready? Why wouldn't he just get the chip fabbed and start selling when he has them? I think he knows how problematic this process can be and he knows there is a big risk of delays and wants to share that risk so that any losses are not just his own. This business is hard.
so by your standards for every new project everyone is on equal ground at any given point in time. regardless of past successes or failures. sounds like good solid thinking.
in my opinion friedcat doesnt care about the share price (his last time to care about the share price was probably the IPO). he cares about delivering a good product and a lot of it. yes he has missed his own dates and scrapped his own projects, but at the same time he was (and still is) delivering a product. he projects to have the chips available for shipment March 2014 (BEFORE ActM's 55nm). he has distribution channels. he has established business relationships and STAFF. you ask why he is looking for partners and customers months before the chip is ready. for one, he isnt looking for customers cause they have been waiting for him for a while. since you cant seem to see why this is worth it let me break it down. he needs to know the approx demand so he can 1. adequately assess chip production needs 2. adequately assess chip pricing points 3. find out who his best channels for distribution will be in any/all regions so they dont have to waste time/deal with small orders. These are just off the top of my head so I'm sure there are more.
WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT FRIEDCAT DID OR DIDNT DO OR CAN OR CANT DO? WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT KEN CAN OR CANT DO.
call me a FUDster or naysayer all you want. All I care about is a realistic approach to this company. not some unsubstantiated numbers based on the hope that BTC will rise to $5000 and that there will be $40,000,000 of sales of a 55nm chip that is projected to be ready 2nd qtr 2014 and/or a 28nm chip in 3rd? qtr 2014. we "need" Ken to post something along the lines of what friedcat posted. we "need" Ken to find partners that will purchase his raw chips in bulk and handle everything else. i think all the rational people that would post here dont because they have seen what the loud extreme sides post and see there is no hope trying to talk about anything of real substance that wouldnt be savaged by one or both extremes.
EDIT - added friedcat's projected delivery timeframe of the 40nm chip since Minerpart says ActM's chip is further ahead because tape-out is complete.