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Kernel: Python 3 (system-wide)
def comp_chips(n):
    L = [0,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,1]
    if n > 8:
        i = 9
        while i <= n:
            L.append(min(L[i-1],L[i-5],L[i-8])+1)
            i += 1
        print(L)
        return L[n]

comp_chips(15)
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3]
3

This would mean that you need at least 3 packages for 15 computer chips.