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World Service,23 May 2023,27 mins

What's the deal with chips?

Tech Life

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Tech Life explores the chips found in everyday tech, and why governments are competing to make them. We hear how scientists in New Zealand are turning underground broadband cables into a source of earthquake detection. Also in this programme how simulation tech is helping a South African HIV organisation reach more people and how AI could transform your next work out. (Photo: Jim Wilson/Getty An employee holds a silicon wafer with chips etched into it)

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