As of the end of July 2008, most of the Research and Development team have been laid off, and between 3-4 people from almost every engineering department from Quality Control to Field Application Engineers too. Everyone from the previous PM team who designed the likes of the MAX and Fatal1ty series that many enthusiasts grew to love have all moved on over the last year. There doesn’t seem to be much left of what was once a prosperous and productive team well worth recognition. Some of those PM members went to Biostar, and others went to Foxconn
Link:
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9878/u...aff/index.html


Well this explains the delay in the P45. Looks like the writing is on the wall as far as Abit sticking around as an enthusiast motherboard manufacturer. I've been a fan since the BE6 II boards and I really hope they can recover.