Silicon Valley

noun

the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.

Silicon Valley

noun

an industrial strip in W California, extending S of San Francisco, in which the US information technology industry is concentrated
any area in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated

Silicon Valley

A region on the San Francisco Peninsula in California where the miniaturized electronics industry is centered, so called because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon .

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Notes

The term is often used as a catchword to describe the development of high-tech industry (see also high-tech ): “If we can attract this corporation to our town, we could become another Silicon Valley.”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Silicon Valley¹

So called from the silicon wafers employed in semiconductor devices

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The couple live in the affluent Silicon Valley community of Atherton and have two children.

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After fleeing Silicon Valley for political and business reasons, Elon Musk is building a corporate campus in rural Texas – but his new neighbours have mixed views.

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Silicon Valley depends heavily on these highly skilled workers, and Musk wasn't inaccurate in his skepticism that the U.S. will produce enough homegrown engineers to take all those jobs overnight.

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Officials in Silicon Valley are investigating and have disabled the audio feature on the crossings which usually plays instructions to "walk" or "wait".

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Many of Silicon Valley’s tech leaders have embraced President Trump in his second term, while many workers stand against him and his policies.

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