I also am curious as to the answer to this.
Yes that's possible, but will likely cause some delays.
If you can arrange direct shipping to me it shouldn't be that much though.
for those that just want the bare pcb is it possible to have the chips delivered to you so the chips and the pcb board can be shipped together?
I like this idea too, raw pcb w/ the chip, it should speed up the entire process..
Regarding higher density boards (more chips/board):
I'll focus on the 10 Chip version for now but i will look into that.