The invention relates to a tire having at least one component comprised of a rubber composition which contains pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica aggregates. When shaping the base plate 12, the corners C of the base plate 12 are rounded, and the edge of at least one of the sides S of the base plate 11 is rounded in cross section. Data in the identified portion may be copied to another location, or left where it is with an indicator to prohibit further programming to the same cells.