most successful high-tech companies around the world gathered at San Francisco, California, in a place called "Silicon Valley".There is Stanford University, where began his studies in electronics pioneer Lee de Forest, which gathered many scientists around the world.
Now the Valley has about eight thousand people.It has become literally home to hundreds of key US corporations specializing in the development of modern information and electronic technologies.In the development of every month invested an average of ten billion dollars.New ideas constantly appear, new projects (called start-apami), who join in venture capital.So once started Google and Apple, which first projects constructed just in the garage.
name "Silicon (or flint) Valley" appeared here thanks to the adjusted production of electronics and semiconductors.For the first time I used the term journalist D. Hofler in 1971.Technopark approved the idea, and then the word became the official name.
in Russia often use the term "Silicon Valley" as the correct translation of «silicon» stands for "silicon".The word "silicone" in tune with the «silicone», and thus began to be used to refer to the Technopark.Despite the formal correctness of the first embodiment, the latter term is perhaps even more prevalent.
Silicon Valley does not have administrative boundaries (not marked on maps).No clear guidelines indicating its territory, and no.It's practically the entire economic zone from San Francisco to San Jose.Valley Center - Stanford University, which leases its vast territory.
aim of putting long-term lease, which in his will stipulated Leland Stanford, was to create a high-tech center, which would have included the companies close cooperation with the university.So, in 1946, he began to form the Stanford Research Institute, which was needed to support the economy of the region.
In 1951 he began to build an office park, called "Stanford Industrial Park."This was the first object, entirely directed to Technology.The first IT-company, which has adopted Silicon Valley was Hewlett-Packard.To attract talented young scientists have been started various programs to provide them with financial support.
Today Silicon Valley is the largest high-tech centers of the US, and according to some reports - and the world.Offices largest and most influential companies producing electronics and software are located here.The work involved about three hundred thousand specialists.
Silicon Valley USA - is not the only project of its kind.This phrase today yavletsya household name, denoting the area of high technology.In other countries, particularly in Russia, and work is underway to build the equivalent of the Valley (Skolkovo).
