silicon valley

By Brody2008

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    San Francisco port made it a hub and radio industry

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    San Jose became home to one of the first radio station

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    The Navy purchased Moffett Field to dock and maintain the USS Macon

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    The Ames research center was founded in the area

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    William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto

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    William Shockley invented the transistor at Bell Labs

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    William Shockley left Bell Labs to create his company Shockley Semiconductor

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    Eight men also known as the ''traitorous eight'' left Shockley Semiconductor

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    Arthur Rock was principle investor of Fairchild

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    companies like Apple, Intel, and other industries invested in Silicon Valley

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    Venture Capital community was around 20 people

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    Xerox opened its Park Lab in Palo Alto

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    Atari, Apple, and Oracle were founded in the area

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    Silicon Valley became the widely-accepted center of the computer industry

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    eBay, Yahoo!, Pay Pal, and Google are just some of the companies founded in the area

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    Facebook, Twitter, Uber, and Tesla were founded in the area