Lumps of hard black stuff with metal legs, containing many tiny crystals. For a number of years now, these unlikely looking little objects--integrated circuits (ICs), the most typical of semiconductor products have surpassed petroleum and gold to rank firmly in first place by total value among products imported into Taiwan.
長著金屬腳的硬黑殼，裡面包著一片小小晶片，這麼個不起眼的小東西﹘﹘半導體的代表性產品「積體電路」（IC），這幾年一直超過石油、超過黃金，穩居台灣進口商品總值的榜首寶座。