I cannot argue against that point. By the way, some Chinese customer said they received their Avalon unit. So the landscape of situations is changing it appears.
Heh. If so, they'll have it torn apart and a clone up on DealExtreme for $13 by the end of the month.
Avalon is a Chinese company... having an ASIC chip doesn't mean you can clone it by having the physical chip.
I don't know enough about ASICs to say. I thought a lot of the ASIC thing was down to the fabrication though and I know that can be copied if the desire is there (which realistically, there probably isn't).