Situated in the southern region of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, Silicon Valley is the center of the high-tech industry for California.  Silicon Valley gained its name from the large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, even though many other high-tech industries have also become associated with Silicon Valley.  Silicon Valley is also the leading technology hub in the United States.

Since the twentieth century, Silicon Valley has been home to a large, yet still growing, electronics and high-tech industry.  Some of the many technology industries centered in the region include radio, television, computer, and military electronics.  Some of the many inventions and advances made in technology related to the development of the microprocessor, microcomputer were made in Silicon Valley.  Stanford University has also played a major role in the development of Silicon Valley. The university established the Stanford Industrial Park, which is home to where Hewlett-Packard, the popular PC designer and manufacturer was born into a major, established corporation.  Eastman Kodak and General Electric are other major technology companies that have established themselves in the Stanford Industrial Park.  Some of the other technology companies established in Silicon Valley include Adobe Systems, Apple Inc., eBay, Google, Yahoo, Intel, Oracle, Nvidia, Intuit, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

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