There are several people asked me this question “What is Silicon Valley in your field?” And “how many Indians are working in Silicon Valley?”
There are a lot of people confused, let me clarify:
There is an area in San Francisco Bay in the northern part of the U.S. state of California which has nickname “Silicon Valley”. This area has world’s largest high tech companies of which 39 companies listed in fortune 1000 and there are thousands of startup companies. Silicon Valley has more than 300000 information technology workers as of 2013.
Silicon Valley name became the synonym for other high tech enterprises and research. Following are the areas which are also famous with word “Silicon”:
Asia
- Silicon Gulf is area of Davao City, Philippines
- Silicon Island is area of Kyushu, Japan
- Silicon Peninsula is area of Dalian, China
- Silicon Valley of China is area of Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China(PRC)
- Silicon Valley of India is area of Bangalore
- Silicon Valley of Indonesia is area of Bandung, Indonesia
- Silicon Valley of South Korea is area of New Songdo City, Incheon
- Silicon Valley of Taiwan is area of Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Silicon Valley of Hong Kong is area of Cyberport and Hong Kong Science Park
South America
- Brazilian Silicon Valley is area of Campinas, Brazil
- Chilecon Valley is area of Santiago, Chile
- Lima Valley is area of Lima, Peru
- San Pedro Valley is area of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Central America
- Silicon Paradise is area of Santa Teresa de Cobano, Costa Rica
North America
Canada
- Silicon Valley of the North is area of Ontario Highway 401
- Silicon Valley North is area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Silicon Vineyard is area of Okanagan Valley, Canada
Mexico
- Mexican Silicon Valley/Silicon Valley South is area of Jalisco, Mexico
- Silicon Border is area of Mexicali, Mexico
United States
- Philicon Valley is Area close to Philadelphia
- Silicon Alley is area of Originally a portion of Manhattan in New York City
- Silicon Anchor is area of Norfolk, Va – Virginia Beachmetropolitan area
- Silicon Bayou is area of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Silicon Beach is area of Santa Monica, California
- Silicon Canal is area of Seattle, Washington
- Silicon Coast is area of Orange County, California
- Silicon Desert is area of Chandler, Arizona
- Silicon Forest is area of Portland, Oregon
- Silicon Harbor is area of Charleston, South Carolina
- Silicon Hill is area of Washington, DC
- Silicon Hills is area of Austin, Texas
- Silicon Hollar is area of Boone, North Carolina
- Silicon Mountain is area of Front Range Urban Corridor
- Silicon peach is area of Atlanta, Georgia
- Silicon Prairie
- Dallas-Fort Worth Silicon Prairie is area of Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas
- Illinois Silicon Prairie is area of Chicago and Urbana-Champaign
- Midwest Silicon Prairie is area of Omaha, Des Moines, Kansas City
- Wyoming Silicon Prairie also called the “Silicon Range” area of Jackson Hole
- Silicon River is area of Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Silicon Sandbar is area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts[citation needed]
- Silicon shire is area of Eugene, Oregon
- Silicon Shore is area of Santa Barbara, California
- Silicon slopes is area of Utah
- Silicon Surf is area of Santa Cruz, California
- Silicon Swamp is area of Gainesville, Florida
- Silicon Valley is area of San Jose, California
- Silicon Valley of the Sierras is area of Nevada County, California
- Silicotton Valley is area of Huntsville, Alabama
Europe
France
Germany
- BioCon Valley is area of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania
- CFK Valley is area of Stade, Lower Saxony
- Isar Valley is area of Munich, Bavaria
- Measurement Valley is area of Göttingen, Lower Saxony
- Medical Valley is area of Erlangen region, Bavaria
- Silicon Allee is area of Berlin
- Silicon Saxony is area of Dresden
- Silicon Woods is area of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Solar Valley is area of Thalheim, Saxony-Anhalt
Greece
- Silicon Islands is area of Patras
Ireland
- Silicon Docks is the area of Dublin, Ireland. Silicon Docks contains the European headquarters of corporations like Twitter, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn etc…
Italy
- Etna Valley is area of Catania, Italy
- Motor Valley is area of Bologna, Modena, Italy
The Netherlands
- Food Valley is area of The Netherlands
- Health Valley is area of The Netherlands
Norway
- SiliconFjord is area of Oslofjord region
Switzerland
- Ticino Valley is area of Switzerland
Russia
- Russian Silicon Valley:
- Silicon Sloboda is area of Moscow, Russia
- Silicon Taiga is area of Akademgorodok, Russia
United Kingdom
- Cwm Silicon is area of Newport, Wales
- Silicon Alley is area of Pink Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
- Silicon Beach is area of Bournemouth, England
- Silicon Canal is area of Birmingham
- Silicon Corridor is area of the M4 corridor
- Silicon Dock is area of Belfast
- Silicon Fenis area of Cambridge, England
- Silicon Forest is area of Newark, Nottinghamshire
- Silicon Glen is area of Central Belt, Scotland
- Silicon Gorge is area of Bristol, England
- Silicon Mall is area of London, England
- Silicon Pier is area of Brighton, England
- Silicon Roundabout is area around Old Street Roundabout in London
- Silicon Shipyard is area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Middlesbrough
- Silicon Spa is area of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Silicon Walk is area of Edinburgh, Scotland
Africa
- Silicon Cape is area of Cape Town, South Africa
- Silicon Lagoon is area of Lagos, Nigeria
- Silicon Mountain is area of Buea, Cameroon
- Silicon Savannah is area of Nairobi, Kenya
Middle East
- Dubai Silicon Oasis is area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Silicon Wadi is area of The coastal plain of Israel
Oceania
Australia
- Silicon Mallee is area of Adelaide, Australia
- Silicon St, Sydney An inner city colloquial district including Ultimo/Pyrmont along Harris St spanning 10 km from UTS to Google including Fishburners
- Silicon Beach, a term used by those in the Australian startup community to refer to the startup ecosystem within Australian cities, in particular by Meetup groups like Silicon Beach Sydney and Silicon Beach Adelaide
New Zealand
- Silicon Welly is area of Wellington in New Zealand
Source: Wikipedia.org
