Thursday, April 19, 2012

"Silicon Valley"

Silicon Valley History
http://www.netvalley.com/silicon_valley_history.html
Gregory Gromov

"Silicon Valley" is located in the San Fransisco Bay Area in northern California. The Santa Cruz Mountains are to the west of "Silicon Valley" and to the southeast is the Coast Range. Since 1971, the area has been called "Silicon Valley" as a way to represent the large amounts of technological companies that were being created in Santa Clara county. "Silicon Valley" is important to the economy of the United States and the progression of technology within the nation. "Silicon Valley" is one of the largest areas available for technological advances.

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