WOW, I'm glad all of those chips aren't on someones shoulder. Now, THAT would be BAD.
I did some quick calculations using a secret formula in an Excel spreadsheet and came up with 2,607,080 chips! (And then modded it to conform to the hints)
And not one chocolate chip in the bunch. At least there aren't any buffalo chips, either!!!
Great fun, thanks all,
HayTay