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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Of all the premier gadgets makers in California, Apple Inc. is one of the most popular electronics and computer software companies in the world.  Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation that has produced well known hardware products including the Macintosh computers, the iPod, and the iPhone.  Some of Apple’s popular software products include the Mac OS X operating system, iTunes, iLife, iWork, and Final Cut Studio.  Apple operates more that 250 retail stores worldwide and a popular online store.

The company was established in 1976 in Cupertino, California, and has long had a unique reputation that includes a very devoted customer base.  Fortune magazine also named Apple the most admired company in the nation in 2008, and the most admired company in the world in 2009.  Some of Apple’s most popular Mac computers are the iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro, which are all desktop computers, as well as the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air which are all of Apple’s portable laptops.  The iPod has also been one of the most popular digital music players on the market since its introduction in 2001.  The iPod works with iTunes, which is Apple’s popular music software manager.  One of the newest additions to the iPod lineup is the iPod Touch, which is an music player similar to that of Apple’s revolutionary iPhone, including just about everything except the phone.  Introduced in 2007, the iPhone has become one of the most popular smartphones on the market, featuring a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity, and compatibility with Apple’s widely popular App Store, which offers applications for both the iPhone and iPod Touch through the iTunes music store.

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