Yes, they're textured, but
technically, they're not aligned. Only a few are noticably out of alignment, but none of the chips are as out of alignment as
these (picture from the MrChip site). Only a few chips are dead on.
The majority of the chips are a millimeter or two out of alignment, so that they still look aligned from a few feet away. I'll try to get a picture up in a bit that shows the most un-aligned chips compared to the majority. I was quite impressed with how aligned most of them were.
The "aligned" version of the chips must be spot-on, considering how good the non-aligned chips are!