Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world’s largest technology companies including Apple, Cisco, Google, HP, Intel and Oracle. The term originally referred to the region’s large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the American high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States and the world, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development, accounting for 1/3 of all of the venture capital investment in the United States.
Since the early twentieth century, Silicon Valley has been home to a vibrant, growing electronics industry. The industry began through experimentation and innovation in the fields of radio, television, and military electronics. Stanford University, its affiliates, and graduates have played a major role in the development of this area.
Cities located in Silicon Valley are:
- Atherton
- Belmont
- Campbell
- Daly City
- East Palo Alto
- Foster City
- Los Alto
- Menlo Park
- Mountain View
- Newark
- Palo Alto
- Redwood City
- San Carlos
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Santa Clara
- South San Francisco
- Sunnyvale
