It would be a travesty if chips shipped first. That would not be a good move on their part being that Batch 3 was ordered "before" the chips.
i totally agree
how much time passed between batch 3 sales and the bulk chip sales? In my opinion, that number is the MINIMUM amount of time that should pass after the last batch 3 unit is delivered , until the FIRST bulk chip order is delivered. I'm guessing that's about 2.5 months.
/EDIT: This issue is not as significant when you compare the relative processing power of batch 2 versus batch 3, and therefore batch 3 doesn't absolutely need to be delayed as much as the chips. but the chips, when shipped, will devastate the ROI on the customers of batch 3....... there's a big difference... so let's not even start comparing the delay of batch 2 / batch 3 delivery to the delay of the bulk chip delivery.....