Silicon Valley

== English == === Alternative forms === Silicone Valley (misspelling) === Etymology === From Silicon Valley USA, the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in Electronic News by the journalist Don Hoefler, from silicon, an important element in semiconductor manufacturing + valley from Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Silicon Valley (countable and uncountable, plural Silicon Valleys) (informal) Originally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there were a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area. (metonymic) The tech industry, especially the American tech industry specifically. (countable) A tech industry cluster in another country, developed as a competitor to the original Silicon Valley. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === A comprehensive list of "Siliconia", place names modelled on "Silicon Valley" (Note: these place names are of varying degrees of currency and so have not been copied into the lists of derived and related terms above) === Further reading === Silicon Valley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia