sorry, but 'U-boot finished for weeks' and 'ROMs already blown and mounted on production motherboards' are not the same thing.
neither is the 1st the same as 'the ROM files are in the hands of the manufacturer for blowing'. I would Imagine the last to be true in itself, though.
however, the boards did have to go through testing by MAI and soak/burn/owz yer father testing by Eyetech. and let us not forget getting through customs either.
Joanna (and others you arent alone !), where is Tiawan ? is it near Taiwan ?! :-P
