Topic: BFL 6 May 2013 ASIC Update - page 2. (Read 23362 times)

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Here is the currently estimated timeline, and while this is subject to change of course, it's pretty solid at this time. Completed items are crossed off:

    Week of January 13th ||| MONTH OF OCT / NOV / DEC / JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY ||||
        Travel to packaging facility for final prep and walkthrough - Complete
        Confirm travel plans and trip details with lead ASIC engineer for trip to fab - Complete
    Week of January 20th
        Final assembly facility prep - In progress
    Week of January 26th
        Leave for fab/bumping facility at the end of the week
        KC facility starts assembly process of units to drop PCB into Units being prepped!
    Week of February 3rd
        Final chips roll off the line
        Arrive at Bumping facility
        Chips Bumped
        Arrive California for Packaging (May spill into following week)
        Chips packaged
    Week of February 10th
        Packaged chips sent to assembly house
        Assembled PCB is set for final testing and MCU programming
        Notify users to start sending their FPGA units or BTC for trade in participants
        Bulk assembled PCBs arrive in KC, we start dropping PCBs into waiting units
        Boxing/labeling for shipment
        We implement the 1/3 shipping plan en mass
            1/3 of our assembled units will go to new orders in FIFO
            1/3 of our assembled units will go to upgrade orders
            1/3 will be randomly selected from both groups
        We descend upon the Post Office like horde of angry locust. DHL, UPS and FedEx send trucks.

+1 I am awaiting version two of Josh with two clown-nose.

 Yeah well, I will clearly admit my imaging skills suck. At least I tried to create some OC ! Relevant Yoda quote, and so on and so forth...

I must say that this latest graphic with the ship is a bit of a fail though.

Classic omfg lol

Gee...ya think?

"And, ah...this is the process we gotta do to every chip, alright, to get em onto the boards.  And it's a manual process; not like we have some fancy manufacturing process, this is how it has to be done, and when it's done, ya know, it's good!  But until we get it done, ya, ya, just watch."

LMAO!

For the love of god...
Does every single BFL thread have to degenerate into a troll mud slinging free for all?

I have an early July order with BFL, and look in to see if there is any new news here, and by and large I have to wade through pages and pages of utter nonsense to find 1 or 2 meaningful messages. It is ridiculous.

And yes, it may say newbie by my name, but I have been lurking here for years... I remember when Inaba was a 'respected member of the community' and how everyone was so happy that he was going to represent us and visit BFL to verify that their FPGA product wasn't a scam...

And, quite frankly, anyone considering a BFL ASIC pre-order should have known or researched the BFL FPGA debacle. Heck, i was pretty convinced that their FPGA thing was scam back then. When I made the ASIC order, I was confident it would be late, use more power (or have some other metric missing spec), but eventually be shipped. It's a calculated risk, and it has been fairly accurate.

Yes, they have made statements that weren't accurate, yes their ASIC product missed their power estimate, yes, they still are not shipping in quantity, yes, Josh seems to be missing the customer service gene, yes they are a ridiculously horrible company.....  We know. We get it, you do NOT need to pollute every last BFL thread with Josh clown pictures.

They've had my money for 10 months, I'm not exactly excited about it, but trolling on about in the forums won't make my ASIC get here any faster.

/rant

Someone made a joke out of ruining a motherboard.

"And, ah...this is the process we gotta do to every chip, alright, to get em onto the boards.  And it's a manual process; not like we have some fancy manufacturing process, this is how it has to be done, and when it's done, ya know, it's good!  But until we get it done, ya, ya, just watch."

Has anyone received the chips to make a board yet? 99% of miners are not going DIY.

BTW, I happened across a priceless youtube vid of Josh explaining the delays tonight.  It's a couple of weeks old at this time, but I didn't see it on any of these threads.  But then I am only a part-time follower of them.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eF6FSdur8k

+1 I am awaiting version two of Josh with clown-nose.

Might be time to start a mailing campaign... ship one large red clown to BFL in protest for breaking their promises.

haha this is funny. Boxes of fans on the water!

 Well, I'm no pro, but this is all I got. Josh overseeing a new delivery of fans from China, to be used in the new Minirig redesigns.

+1 I am awaiting version two of Josh with clown-nose.

When I see a person on any forum, thread crap on multiple threads with the same saw, I instantly classify them as someone with an axe to grind. In any BFL thread there are 4 or 5 posters who are guaranteed to show up and spout off about BFL. Such behavior only makes rational people discount your opinion.

Interesting that you choose to call me names and tell me to get a hobby, rather than address this issue, which is the god awful signal-to-noise ratio in any BFL thread.

When I see a person on any forum, thread crap on multiple threads with the same saw, I instantly classify them as someone with an axe to grind. In any BFL thread there are 4 or 5 posters who are guaranteed to show up and spout off about BFL. Such behavior only makes rational people discount your opinion.
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