“Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor was going to lead the second industrial revolution. We Chinese could not miss that opportunity again - we missed the first industrial revolution already. We put our effort into trying to bring this new technology from the United States to Taiwan. That was the begining of Acer.” TryingFirstsStatesOpportunityUnitedEffortTechnologyUnited StatesMissingRevolutionChineseValleysNew TechnologySiliconSilicon ValleyIndustrial RevolutionTaiwanMicroprocessor Author:Stan Shih
“I think from the business point of view, Taiwan and China tied together brings mutual benefit. And we don't see any reason for stopping that progress, unless they have a political reason.” ThinkingReasonTogetherPoliticalViewsProgressBenefitsChinaPoint Of ViewMutualTiedStoppingTaiwanMutual Benefit Author:Stan Shih
“Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.” YearsPastDevelopmentPercentRelatedValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyTaiwan Author:Stan Shih
