硅谷（Silicon Valley）位于旧金山南端从帕洛阿尔托到首府圣何塞一段长约25英里的谷地，是全世界最早最大的电子工业王国。择址硅谷的计算机公司已经发展到大约1500家。 一个世纪之前，这里却还是一片果园和葡萄园，直到苹果电脑公司等高科技公司在这里落户，这里才成为了一座繁华的市镇，并在短短的十几年之内，诞生出了无数的科技富翁。 Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of engineers and venture capitalists. Geographically, Silicon Valley encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities. |
