Question

how did Silicon Valley in California gets its name? trace its growth into a measure IT hub?

Answer 1

i n 1971, Silicon valley was coined by  Don Hoefler .Silicon  Valley in California derived its name because most of the devices built there are made of semiconductors such as silicon.

Silicon valley owes its origin to the brilliant Stanford University professor of electrical engineering, Frederick Terman, rightly known as father of silicon valley. Teaching radio engineering, he encouraged his students to work for local companies and to start businesses of their own, rather than being lured back east to the dead end attraction of safe, "establishment" companies there

Answer 2

Answer :
Silicon Valley is the world’s leading centre
of the IT industry – in fact, the name ‘Silicon
Valley’ has become synonymous with the
words ‘information technology’. It is from
here that the industry started in 1970s and
spread rapidly across the world. Silicon
revolutionized computers. It enabled the
scientists to create small personal computers
(PCs). Today, almost every house in thedeveloped world and rapidly increasing
number of people in the developing part
of the world, own personal computers.
The area has a temperate climate with the
temperatures rarely dropping below 0ºC. It
was a rich agricultural area in the past. After
World War II, the US defence programs gave
an impetus to this industry which developed
in and around the valley. The neighbouring
presence of the Stanford University also
encouraged the developments of well
funded research in computer technology.
In 1951, The Stanford Industrial Park was
founded near the Stanford University. Later,
many companies like IBM, NASA, and Xerox
started their research operations here. As a
result, most of the path breaking inventions
in this field occurred in the Silicon Valley. In
the later half of the 1980s, Japan was the
leader in this industry as they were able
to produce computers at a very low cost.
Then, the development of the World Wide
Web (WWW) brought about sweeping
changes in the industry. The quality and
quantity of information and the spread of
communication became mind boggling.
Many other leading companies developed
here, like Sun, Netscape and Cisco. Silicon
Valley, till date, remains a giant in this field.


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