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Podcast: The Straits Times Podcasts
Episode: The $1 chip that keeps Taiwan’s tech devices in working order
Description: Feeling peckish? Find out why Taiwan is mad about the “Kuai Kuai” brand of corn snacks. Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe, about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. Taiwan is the world’s top manufacturer of semiconductors and advanced chips. But here is the super-chip that rules them all: a corn chip snack that is a favourite among Taiwan kids. Bags of it can be found atop laptops, ATM machines, printers al...