Topic: BFL Monarch update - page 8. (Read 14140 times)

Exactly the same BS they said after finally delivering their delayed FPGAs and trying to pitch their new 65nm ASICs. "Yeah, we fucked up with that last one, but THIS time..."

I feel sorry for anyone who falls for it, but I hope they learn something from the experience and become all the wiser for it.

Delivery in Latember,  Nevuary and  Nay

god damnit BFL ... u want to at least have a chance of getting some of ur customers back.... you need to start adding a few realistic months to ur projected dates.... from the start.... theres an idea!
Instead of "if everything goes perfectly we should get the products shipped by x.y.z, so lets announce we will ship this new asic x.y.z"
try "if everything goes perfectly we should get products shipped by x.y.z, so lets announce we will ship this new asic x+4.y.z"

then everyone will be amazed u actually delivered on time!

 Initially it was infuriating watching the bullshit fly out of his mouth, then it went to just plain pathetic and sad, and now it's just comedy gold watching him pontificate (as the forum poster so accurately noted) while failing yet again.

quote BFL forum:
"Hello BFL,

Yes its november. Is prototype working?

People who have invested a lot and investing would be very happy with the current state of monarch.

Thank you.
"

https://forums.butterflylabs.com/monarch-discussion/5441-status-update-please-3.html#post63733

From Joshie:


Just to update everyone on where we stand with the Monarch at the moment.

Current chip production has an expected delivery date in early/first half of December. We expect to have chips at that time and hope to have our first units shipped out the door by the end of December. We did not reach our goal of November delivery. Unlike our first generation ASIC devices, we already have the vendors in place and ready to go, along with the substrate design and manufacturing slotted in and geared up. Right now, we are not anticipating any issues but unexpected things do pop up. If they do, I will let people know as soon as I have definitive information regarding that, otherwise we are on target for a December release. If anything changes, I will let everyone know, via this thread, as soon as I have the information.

Let me reiterate that if you are uncomfortable with pre-ordering for cutting edge, custom designed technology and all the risks that it implies, please do not place a pre-order and wait until the products are shipping and available. If you do choose to pre-order, please understand that unforseen problems and delays can and do happen and we will do our best to alert everyone to them when we encounter them and have had time to assess what the impact will be on the timeline.

Our production capacity is geared up and ready to go. With the extreme simplicity of the Monarch compared to our 65nm product line, we do not anticipate any difficulties in getting units built and out the door in a rapid fashion. Compared to our current generation, assuming no parts shortages, we should be able to product more than 1000 Monarchs per day. For reference, the Monarch should use ~12 screws and two discrete parts (board and HSF), compared to even our most simple device, the Jalapeno, which has over 20 discrete parts, assembly is trivial and should pose no issues.

The current expected date for our chips out of the foundry is early December. Obviously nothing will be shipping in November. Projected target is end of December but that is, as usual, subject to change. When I have more info I will share it.