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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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 movie works only because it's ruthless in its portrayal of the ego delusion that fuels so much of Silicon Valley's C-suites, as the tech industry enters its snake oil phase.

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The talk in Silicon Valley lately centres less on whether Musk can turn things around and more on whether he even cares.

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On X, many Silicon Valley executives along with Maga-world influencers were picking sides and parsing each of the back-and-forth messages posted by the president and the world's richest man.

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Silicon Valley remains the far leader in venture capital AI investments, but other cities such as New York have attracted AI funding.

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"The Silicon Valley tech world does not like this bill," Tim Miller of The Bulwark explained on his podcast Wednesday.

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