Compared with other sectors which have been singled out for promotion as key industries but which have not so far got off the ground, such as aerospace, optoelectronics and biotechnology, semiconductors--and ICs in particular--have seen a meteoric rise, making the semiconductor industry Taiwan's most dazzling new industrial sector.
比起同樣列為關鍵產業，但至今推動不易的航太、光電、生物科技等產業，半導體積體電路異軍突起，是台灣最耀眼的新興產業。