 Microtek (Microelectronics Technology) was co-founded in HSIP in 1980  by five Californian Taiwanese, three were colleagues who had worked at Xerox  Bobo Wang (王渤渤), Robert Hsieh (謝志鴻), Carter Tseng (曾憲章)  and two were colleagues from the University of Southern California, Benny Hsu (許正勳)  and Hu Chung-hsing (胡忠信).They decided to set up root after Hsu was invited by HSIP Manager Dr. Irving Ho (何宜慈).In September 1983, the Allied Association for Science Parks Industries (台灣科學園區同業公會 abbr.