The chip's theft would be devastating to the nations of the world and upset the balance of power and / or would put Apple and Microsoft out of business; the explanation is tossed off quickly and is really not germane to this discussion, because mainly what the movie wants and needs are excuses for people to
fight and wisecrack and drive stylish cars very quickly and blow things up and smash
vehicles and destroy property and make some more jokes and maybe flirt a little and kill people
without dwelling too long on the dead bodies and maybe quite possibly and casually kill innocent civilians but not acknowledge anything more than — wow!