The telecoms industry was just at the key stage of the switchover from analog to digital and Lee developed a small, inexpensive and powerfully integrated microchip that was technologically very innovative.
「從做事第一天起我就想創業，」李廣益說，矽谷滿佈著華裔前輩創業的足跡，而或許也是時機成熟吧，當時通訊產業正逢類比訊號轉為數位訊號的關鍵期，他開發出一款體積小、成本低、整合性強的晶片，技術相當創新。