It's not unlikely at all... depending on power factors, we estimate between 64 and 128 chips per device. 88 is an odd number (not impossible of course), but given the propensity for the Avalon team to like nice round figures, I suspect a multiple of 8. My thoughts are they are going to have to go with more than 64 chips to overcome the particular issues they haven't run into quite yet.
Why dont you spend less time "guessing" what your competition is doing, what stages they are at and how further behind than you they are and spend more time answering the multitude of questions people have surrounding your shitty company ?