The 1980's was the takeoff period for the ROC information electronics industry. The Hsinchu Science Based Industrial Park and special regulations to reward industrial upgrading were put in place. This was timed just right to give many young scholars who had lived in the US for a few years and acquired great experience the chance to come back to found enterprises, leading to an unprecedented wave of returning talent.
七十年代則是資訊電子工業起飛之際，科學園區及獎勵產業升級條例設立，正好提供了機會給那些在美國工作過若干年、有充分經驗與技術的學人回台創業，以致掀起一波前所未有的人才回流浪潮。