The boards *might* be done.
There are no chips for the boards.
They *might* have chips by the end of the week, but no firm date for delivery.
They still need to get the firmware working, no time estimate for that either.
There *might* be electrical & physical issues with the new boards.
And of course, yet another "gonna ship next week." but only if everything goes perfectly in a project where almost nothing goes right.
How in the world do you lose 5,000 ASIC chips? They only shipped 15 Jalepeno's (prototypes)....
Are you sure Josh didn't use the majority of it for his own orders?