"Technological innovation is often out of step with market demands," points out Hsu. Fingerprint recognition requires image processing. The calculations are very time consuming. It wasn't until Intel started producing Pentium II processors that the commercialization of fingerprint recognition technology became feasible.
「創新科技和市場需求，常常無法同步發展，」許文星指出，指紋辨識有賴影像的處理，運算起來相當耗時，直到前年英代爾推出了 PENTIUM II 以上的中央處理器，大大加快了運算速度，才讓指紋辨識技術有了商品化應用的可能。