You can rest assured that BFL wont be shipping Monarch in November, it's unlikely they will even have a working prototype by then based on their track record and the reality of getting tape out -> wafers ->bumping ->chip packaging done by then.
What the fuck happened to you erk ? You went from fervent BFL supporter and apologist to detractor now ?
Jesus Christ. I think I just saw a pig fly by my window.
Not at all, I don't think BFL is a scam like many others do, I still have BFL gear on order. I am commenting on the realities of BFL getting the Monarch out the door by Nov/Dec 2013, I honestly don't think they can do it, happy to be proven wrong. In 2014 the market price for ASICs is going to be well below $10 per GH/s so if you are sitting on an order for months and months you need to factor that into your plans.
When BFL announced their stuff last year, there was no competition, it was pre-order heaven, now the game has changed with several ASIC chip manufactures to choose from, compare that to the two GPU manufactures you can actually mine with, and you can see there is a smorgasbord of ASICs coming within the next couple of months. I think the winners will carry stock on hand like the GPU manufactures do, the loosers will be the ones that depend on pre-order revenue. When you have stock on hand, you can cut deals, do specials, you have flexibility.
