Although large mainframe computers have been used in Taiwan for almost two decades, the computer industry here was not able to develop until the electronics industry had reached an advanced level.
它快速精確的運算能力、巨量持久的記憶力，及穩定驚人的工作量，把科技發展與人類文明帶往一個新境界。各行各業都利用電腦處理例行作業，以提高效率，節省人力。電腦工業也已成為科技發展的主要趨勢，預計到一九九○年，將成為僅次於石油工業的第二大工業。