The head of research at a flash memory maker in the Hsinchu Science Park says that there are several thousand companies around the world doing IC logic and circuit design, at least several hundred of which are in Silicon Valley. But there are only 20-some companies developing flash memory, and the necessary people are exceedingly hard to come by.
竹科一間以快閃記憶體為主力產品的半導體公司研發長則說，全球從事 IC 邏輯設計的公司有幾千家、矽谷少說也有上百家，但開發快閃記憶體者只有二十多家，這種稀有人才是「可遇不可求」。