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Focuses on the computer industry in Taiwan. How the Hsinchu Science Park has run out of space; Creation of a replica of Silicon Valley, California by Wen Hsiung Huang near the city of Tainan; Computer components made in Taiwan; Taiwan being the largest producer of notebook computers; Factors of Taiwan's success in the computer industry.

The article discusses the information technology (IT) industry in Taiwan. The growth of Taiwan's IT industry has resulted in its firms producing more than half of all computer chips, almost 70% of computer displays and almost all portable computers, according to the article. How the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan's history, and its network of small firms that can make computer parts have contributed to its growth are discussed.

Reports that Taiwan's computer industry, best-known as a low-cost parts maker, wants to make the whole caboodle. Speculation over whether this Asian nation's information technology industry is up to the challenges such a goal entails.