Silicon Valley

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innovation hub region technology hub

Silicon Valley is a globally renowned technology and innovation hub in Northern California, home to many of the world’s leading tech companies and startups.

Aliases (8)

Silicon Valley (northern portion) ×2
Silicon Valley region ×2
Silicon Valley startup ecosystem ×2
Silicon Valley, California, United States ×2
History of Silicon Valley ×1
Silicon Valley (via Steve Jobs) ×1
Silicon Valley campus ×1
Silicon Valley computer industry ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	innovation hub → region → technology hub →
contains	Cupertino → Fremont → Los Altos → Menlo Park → Mountain View → Palo Alto → Redwood City → San Jose → Santa Clara → Sunnyvale →
country	United States →
economicRole	global center for high technology → major driver of U.S. innovation →
etymology	named after silicon-based semiconductor industry →
hasCompany	Adobe Inc. → Apple Inc. → Cisco Systems, Inc. → Google LLC → HP Inc. → Hewlett Packard Enterprise → Intel Corporation → Meta Platforms, Inc. → NVIDIA Corporation → Netflix, Inc. → Oracle Corporation → Tesla, Inc. →
hasInstitution	San Jose State University → Stanford University →
hasSector	startup ecosystem → venture capital ecosystem →
historicalOrigin	semiconductor industry in Santa Clara Valley →
knownFor	computer hardware companies → high-tech companies → innovation → internet companies → semiconductor industry → social media companies → software development → startups → technology industry → venture capital →
language	English →
locatedIn	California → Northern California → United States →
majorIndustry	biotechnology → information technology → semiconductors → software → venture capital services →
partOf	San Francisco Bay Area →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →

Referenced by (130)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Agilent Technologies → Ames Research Center → Andreessen Horowitz → Apple Park → Atherton, California, United States → California’s Great America → Campbell → Cupertino → Hangar One → Hewlett Foundation → Intel Museum → LSI Logic → Los Altos → Los Altos Hills, California → Los Gatos → Los Gatos, California, United States → Menlo Park, California → Mountain View → Palo Alto, California → Redwood City, California → SETI Institute → San Jose → San Jose State University → San Tomas Aquino Creek → Santa Clara → Santa Clara County → Santa Clara University → Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority → Santana Row → Saratoga → Sharon Heights ("Silicon Valley region") → Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory → Stanford Graduate School of Business → Stanford Research Institute → Sunnyvale →	locatedIn
Andrew S. Grove → Curtis Priem → Dick Costolo → Lawrence G. Roberts → Leonard Bosack → Sheldon Roberts → Sheryl Sandberg →	workLocation
Blitzscaling → Brian Chesky ("Silicon Valley startup ecosystem") → Daniel Kottke ("Silicon Valley computer industry") → Martin Eberhard → Mosaic Communications Corporation → Nathan Blecharczyk ("Silicon Valley startup ecosystem") →	associatedWith
Don Valentine → Dustin Moskovitz → Founders Fund → Luke Nosek → Monolithic Memories → Traitorous Eight →	basedIn
23andMe → Loudcloud → Netscape Communications Corporation → Signetics → Sun Microsystems → Transmeta →	headquartersLocation
Facebook (Meta) headquarters → Homestead High School → Moffett Federal Airfield → School of Education and Counseling Psychology → Stanford Computer Science Department → Woodside, California →	region
Andrew S. Grove ("Silicon Valley, California, United States") → Gene Amdahl ("Silicon Valley, California, United States") → Marc Andreessen → Priscilla Chan → Sergey Brin → Vinod Khosla →	residence
Dumbarton Bridge → Mission College → VTA → VTA light rail →	regionServed
California → Northern California → San Mateo County, California ("Silicon Valley (northern portion)") →	contains
Fremont → San Mateo ("Silicon Valley region") → South Bay →	partOf
KSJC → San Jose International Airport → Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority →	serves
San Francisco Bay Area → West Coast of the United States →	hasLandmark
Covington & Burling → O'Melveny & Myers →	hasOfficeIn
Altera → National Semiconductor →	headquartersRegion
Greylock Partners → Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory →	location
Silicon Fen → Silicon Forest →	namedAfter
Kumail Nanjiani → Stephen Tobolowsky →	notableWork
Silicon Beach → Silicon Forest →	relatedTo
Mountain View station → SJC →	servesRegion
Arash Ferdowsi → Evan Spiegel →	startupEcosystem
School of Engineering at Stanford University →	affiliatedWith
Fairchild Eight →	associatedWithPlace
San Jo →	associatedWithRegion
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ("History of Silicon Valley") →	category
Kumail Nanjiani →	characterIn
Silicon Valley of Mexico →	comparativeTo
Silicon Fen →	comparedTo
San Francisco 4th and King Street station →	connectsTo
San Francisco Peninsula ("Silicon Valley (northern portion)") →	containsTechHub
western United States →	culturalRegionIncludes
TechCrunch →	focusesOn
PayPal Mafia →	hasAssociatedLocation
Information Networking Institute (Carnegie Mellon University) ("Silicon Valley campus") →	hasCampus
Jobs ("Silicon Valley (via Steve Jobs)") →	hasCulturalAssociation
United States technology sector →	includes
Redwood City, California →	isTechHubIn
United States District Court for the Northern District of California →	jurisdiction
Santa Clara Valley →	knownFor
San Jose International Airport →	locatedInRegion
NUQ →	locatedNear
Fairchild Camera and Instrument →	locationOfFacility
Hewlett-Packard →	originatedIn
Belmont, California →	proximityTo
4th and King station →	servesCommutersFrom
VTA bus network →	serviceArea
Jobs (2013 film) →	setIn
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company →	setting