Although Taiwan still trails far behind the USA, Japan and South Korea, judging by the high speed at which its production capacity is expanding, by the year 2000 the island could be in a position to supply 5 % of the world market for semiconductors, and thus become one of the few key players.
目前台灣距離美、日、韓三大雖然遙遠，但以產能快速擴充的情況來看，到了西元二千年，台灣的半導體供應量可以達到全球百分之五，將成為有力的關鍵少數。