I was thinking about it, and it would help a lot, but something tells me it won't happen soon, especially when half of the ASIC makers don't keep their promises about schedule.

If you would have a puppy which poops with golden coins, would you sell it to anybody?

No, I wouldn't.  But they are already selling them.  As more manufacturers get into the game it will be a competive market.  The one that makes the fastest/cheapest will have a the advantage.  If AMD was smart they would think about getting into manufacturing mining hardware.  They would dominate because they have the engineers and manufacturing facilities to make a very good/competitive product.  I only see this market getting larger and larger over the next 5 years or more.  It is just still in its infancy.


As the market grows, I could see distributors carrying a selection of different devices from different manufacturers.  Wouldn't it be nice to scan through the selection of offerings and look over the specs and read the reviews?  May not happen this month or year, but I see it becoming a reality.

A long time, so long that mining will require something better than ASICS, difficulty's already at 2B
No mainstream hardware (which is delivered months late) can keep up with that
With currecnt delays, I'm sure that newegg will wait a LONG time before trusting any ASIC manufacturer