>Short version: nVidia's PASCAL might see Christmas this year, maybe not.
How do you figure?
The article's two main claims are:
a) Had Pascal taped out in June 2015 as everyone had reported, it'd have easily already made it to market by now.
b) At the time of CES 2016, Pascal hadn't yet taped out. Nvidia had only received "bring up tools" in the last few days of 2015; actual silicon typically arrives a few weeks after the tools.
Going by the article, Pascal probably taped out for real in late January or early February. If anything, it seems on track for probably a late Q2 2016 release, maybe early Q3. No way it'll be Christmas unless something goes catastrophically wrong.
The tenacity of fans to spin far reaching narratives out of small disconnected events to support their dreams and fantasies never fails to amaze.