US computer chip tycoon J.R. Simplot has passed away.

Simplot was the king of potato in the U.S. and helped finance the creation of one of the largest computer chip manufacturers in the world.

According to foreign media reports on the 26th, John Richard Simplot, an American billionaire, passed away at his home in Boise on the 25th at the age of 99. Simplot was the king of potato in the U.S. and helped finance the creation of one of the largest computer chip manufacturers in the world. Ada County coroner Erwin Sonnenberg said that Simplot apparently died of natural causes.