Where is the specific location of Silicon Valley in the United States? What companies are there?

Traditionally known as Silicon Valley, it is located in a narrow strip of nearly 50 kilometers from San Francisco, California to San Jose via Santa Clara. It is an important electronic industry base in the United States and the most famous electronic industry concentration place in the world. It was gradually formed with the rapid development of microelectronics technology since the mid-1960s. It is characterized by relying on some world-renowned universities such as Stanford, Berkeley and California Institute of Technology with strong scientific research strength nearby, taking high-tech small and medium-sized companies as the foundation, and owning large companies such as Cisco, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent and Apple, integrating technology and production. At present, there are more than 10000 electronic industrial companies, and semiconductor integrated circuits and electronic computers account for about 1/3 and 1/6 in the United States. After 1980s, research institutions of emerging technologies such as biology, space, ocean, communication and energy materials have emerged one after another, and this area has objectively become the cradle of American high technology. Now Silicon Valley has become synonymous with the world's semiconductor industry cluster.

Silicon Valley's high technology is changing with each passing day, reaching a new level in an average of 18 months. Over the years, its economy has continued to prosper, and the silicon valley turnover of 1999 has reached about 250 billion to 300 billion dollars. In 1998, the per capita annual salary in Silicon Valley has reached 96,000 US dollars, while in 1999, it has exceeded 65,438+million. The annual salary of graduates from famous American universities in Silicon Valley is not less than $60,000, which is higher than that in other regions120,000. Now people all over the world know that it is common to become millionaires and multimillionaires overnight in Silicon Valley, and even billionaires are not impossible.

In Silicon Valley, knowledge is work and knowledge is wealth. For all science and technology practitioners, besides completing their daily work, knowledge updating is also a compulsory course. In order to keep up with the rapid development of high technology, everyone should forget to eat and sleep, and work and study more than 12 hours a day. A little slack, you may be eliminated tomorrow.

Silicon Valley is a gathering place for high-tech talents in the United States and talents in the information industry in the United States. At present, in Silicon Valley, there are more than 6.5438+0 million scientific and technological personnel from all over the United States and all over the world, nearly 1,000 academicians of the American Academy of Sciences work in Silicon Valley, and more than 30 scientists have won the Nobel Prize. Silicon Valley is a holy land for American youth, and it is also an arena and a gold mine for international students. Professor Zhu Qingshi, president of China University of Science and Technology, said in an interview not long ago that "half of the science and engineering graduates from Tsinghua, HKUST and Peking University will go out sooner or later", mainly to the United States, including Silicon Valley companies. Evelyn Iritani, a contributor to LA Times, said, "If you browse the employee lists of Silicon Valley companies, you will find countless Tsinghua graduates. They are part of thousands of outstanding scientific and technological talents from China. They came to the United States to seek breakthroughs in engineering technology, show their talents in the Internet field or start businesses in the field of science and technology. " In fact, there are more than 2,000 Silicon Valley companies controlled by China people, accounting for15 of Silicon Valley companies, and more and more China people are from Chinese mainland. As we all know, Konka, a major TV manufacturer in China, and Lenovo, a major computer company, have established their own research and experimental bases there.

In Silicon Valley, general companies all implement the trinity management mechanism of scientific research, technology development, production and sales, and highly educated professional and technical personnel often account for more than 80% of the company's employees. Most of the scientific and technological personnel in Silicon Valley are outstanding people from all over the world. They not only have different mother tongues and skin colors, but also have different cultural backgrounds and customs, and their majors and specialties are also different. When such a group of scientific and technological experts get together, they are bound to be active in thinking, and it is easy for generate to spark innovation in mutual learning. At present, the establishment and capital investment of high-tech companies in Silicon Valley are in the ascendant and are still developing.

Since 1980s, many countries in the world have tried to establish their own Silicon Valley, such as "Second Silicon Valley" in Boston, "Silicon Valley in Japan" and "Silicon Valley in South Korea". China is no exception. Beijing has Zhongguancun Silicon Valley, Shanghai has Pudong Silicon Valley, and Guangdong has Shenzhen Silicon Valley. We also have a "Paradise Silicon Valley" in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. But if there are more Silicon Valley, it will not be called "Silicon Valley". A famous American scientist once said, "Silicon Valley is unrepeatable, and there is only one Silicon Valley."