Utah's high-tech industry has suffered because it has difficulty recruiting talent from other "Silicon Valleys" of the U.S., including Silicon Valley. It seems the Utah "lifestyle" scares many creative minds away.

Maybe those days are over as one of the legends of computing is coming to Utah. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is joining Fusion-io, a Salt Lake startup company as chief scientist. He's been advising the company since last fall.

Fusion-io makes hardware that speeds access to large amounts of storage for customers that includes Hill Air Force Base.

Salivating West Valley City real estate agents please calm yourselves — I'm guessing billionaire Woz (aka, iWoz, Wheels of Zeus) will be making his commute from the real Silicon Valley.

Photo: Woz, left, with Steve Jobs and the Ur-Mac.