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Xerox Parc in 1977, an important technology lab in California's
Silicon Valley
This is a list of technology centers throughout the world. Government planners and business networks often incorporate "silicon" or "valley" into place names to describe their own areas as a result of the success of
Silicon Valley in
California . Metrics may be applied to measure qualitative differences between these places, including:
How much and to what extent public and/or private research and development (R&D) funds are spent in the zones
What percentage of local employment is technology related
If the zone is mainly government funded or is mainly corporate driven (or is it a mix of both)
If mainly corporate, how much revenue and profit and which corporations have headquarters there
If mainly corporate, how much
venture capital has been made available to companies in the zone
What supporting higher educational institutions (e.g., universities or colleges) are located in nearby
Globally prominent clusters
Silicon Valley : Originating in
Stanford University (Palo Alto and Menlo Park), and spreading south towards
San Jose, California , and suburbs. San Francisco and nearby areas including Berkeley and Oakland are technically not part of Silicon Valley but have seen growth in industries such as
web development since the 90s and
venture capital . Silicon Valley, home to two of the largest
Big Tech companies,
Apple and
Google , has maintained dominance for decades in core industries such as microprocessor development as well as software and apps development
[1]
[2]
Greater Seattle : one of the largest tech clusters in the world, home to two of the largest & wealthiest Big Tech companies:
Microsoft and
Amazon , as well as
Boeing ,
Nintendo , and most other major tech players have significant presence and research centers in Greater Seattle.
University of Washington and
Puget Sound vicinity is also home to a large numbers of notable companies & startups in Life Sciences, biotechnology, medical, video/online game, aerospace, aviation, fintech, technology investment, funds, venture capital, as well as various research & technology centers
Cambridge Cluster : The name given to the region around
Cambridge, England , which is home to a large cluster of high-tech businesses focusing on software, electronics and biotechnology, among others
AstraZeneca . Many of these businesses have connections with the
University of Cambridge , and the area is now one of the most important technology centres in Europe
IT cluster Rhine-Main-Neckar , Germany: Europe's largest software cluster, is globally dominant in
business software ,
IT security research and
biopharmaceuticals
Shenzhen -
Hong Kong Greater Bay Area: Asia's largest technology cluster, is globally dominant in tech manufacturing,
consumer software , research, serving global and largest tech consumer market. Home to some of the largest global tech companies, such as
Tencent and others
Geneva , Switzerland is globally dominant in
particle physics at
CERN and various frontier scientific & technology research
Greater
Shanghai , including
Hangzhou and others in Yangtze River Delta, is globally dominant technology cluster with companies such as
Alibaba ,
Apple ,
Amazon and
Tesla global manufacturing
Dulles Technology Corridor is globally dominant in telecom, satellite, and defense industries
Hsinchu Science Park : Greater
Hsinchu City and
Hsinchu County ,
Taiwan is the dominant area worldwide for
pure-play semiconductor foundry market
Silicon Alley is a portion of
Manhattan , New York City, that encompasses
Broadway , the
Flatiron District ,
SoHo , and
TriBeCa technology centers
Silicon Wadi : An area with a high concentration of
high-tech industries
[3] in the
coastal plain in
Israel .
Eindhoven ,
The Netherlands is a leading area in technology, stems from
Eindhoven University of Technology ,
ASML and
Philips .
List
Africa
Cameroon
Egypt
Kenya
Konza Technology City : launched in 2013, and set to host business process outsourcing (BPO) ventures, a science park, and other facilities
Mauritius
Morocco
Nigeria
South Africa
Zambia
Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates
Americas
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Canada's Technology Triangle with
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario : home to
BlackBerry (formerly
Research in Motion ),
Open Text ,
Kik Messenger ,
Desire2Learn , and the Canadian head office of
Google ; home to the Communitech HUB start-up incubator
Greater Vancouver ,
British Columbia : home to
Sony Pictures Imageworks ,
PMC-Sierra ,
Telus ,
Hootsuite ,
EA Canada ,
Vision Critical ,
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates ,
Westport Innovations ,
Slack Technologies ,
Teradici and
D-Wave Systems
Silicon Valley North: the
National Capital Region around
Ottawa ,
Ontario ,
Bayview Yards ,—home to
Mitel ,
Shopify ,
DragonWave ,
Alcatel Lucent , and
Halogen Software
Markham, Ontario : home to the Canadian head offices of
Sony ,
Avaya ,
IBM ,
Motorola ,
Toshiba ,
Lucent ,
Sun Microsystems ,
American Express and
AMD Graphics Product Group
Greater Toronto Area : specifically
Toronto ,
Mississauga ,
Brampton , Markham
Cité Multimédia ,
Montreal
Technoparc Montreal
Chile
Guatemala
Mexico
United States
Automation Alley:
Metropolitan Detroit , primarily
Oakland County, Michigan
Cummings Research Park :
Huntsville, Alabama
Denver Tech Center :
Denver, Colorado
Dulles Technology Corridor :
Northern Virginia near
Washington Dulles Airport
Greater Seattle
Golden Corridor : Near
Chicago 's
O'Hare International Airport and Northwest Suburbs
Greater
Reno, Nevada
Illinois Technology and Research Corridor :
DuPage County, Illinois
New Mexico Technology Corridor:
Los Alamos to
Las Cruces , centered on
Albuquerque metropolitan area
Optics Valley :
Tucson, Arizona
Research Triangle :
Raleigh –
Durham –
Chapel Hill, North Carolina , centered on
Research Triangle Park
Route 128 : Eastern
Massachusetts
Silicon Alley : New York City
Silicon Beach :
Playa Vista in
West Los Angeles
Silicon Hills :
Austin, Texas and its suburbs
Silicon Forest :
Portland, Oregon
Silicon Peach :
Atlanta
Silicon Prairie :
Metropolitan Dallas (primarily the northern region and its suburbs)
Silicon Slopes :
Salt Lake City, Utah including
Utah County (
Provo, Utah ) and Summit County (
Park City, Utah ) and surrounding areas.
Silicon Speedway:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Silicon Valley
Tech Coast: broadly
Southern California ,
Silicon Beach refers to emergent
Santa Monica –
LAX tech cluster.
Tech Valley : The
Capital District area of
Albany, New York
Telecom Corridor (an area in the
Silicon Prairie ):
Richardson , suburb of
Dallas, Texas
Texas Medical Center :
Houston, Texas
Uruguay
Asia
Zhongguancun in
Beijing .
Sri city Business Centre
China
Hong Kong
India
Software Technology Parks of India
Bangalore :
Electronics City ,
International Tech Park, Bangalore ,
Manyata Embassy Business Park , (Bangluru), Whitefield (Banglore)
Delhi IT Park :
Delhi
Pune : Cyber City,
Hinjawadi ,
Magarpatta
HITEC City :
Hyderabad
Knowledge Corridor : between
Pune and
Mumbai
Cyber City, Gurgaon ,
Haryana : near
Delhi
Salt Lake Sector V :
Kolkata, West Bengal
Noida ,
Uttar Pradesh :
DLF IT Park
Chennai :
IT Corridor ,
Mahindra World City, New Chennai ,
DLF SEZ ,
Automotive Corridor ,
EMS Corridor ,
SEZ Corridor ,
Chennai ITIR ,
Entertainment Corridor ,
SIPCOT IT Park ,
Tidel Park ,
Olympia Tech Park ,
International Tech Park, Chennai ,
Ramanujan IT City ,
Ambattur Industrial Estate ,
Guindy Industrial Estate ,
World Trade Center ,
Cybervale ,
EPIP ,
Irungattukottai Industrial Park ,
Sriperumbudur Industrial Park ,
Oragadam Industrial Growth Center ,
Ennore SEZ
Sricity ,
Andhra Pradesh : near
Tirupati
Genome Valley :
Hyderabad
IT City, Lucknow
MIHAN :
Nagpur
Cyberabad :
Hyderabad
Bhubaneswar : Infovalley,
[6]
[7] Odisha Biotech Park
[8]
[9]
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Tel Aviv /Mediterranean Coastal Region: referred to as
Silicon Wadi , an area with a high concentration of
high-tech industries
[3] in the
coastal plain in
Israel . Israel as a whole country has a strong high-tech sector. The Silicon Wadi area covers much of the country, although especially high concentrations of hi-tech industry can be found in
Tel Aviv and its metropolitan area, known as
Gush Dan , including small clusters around the cities of
Ra'anana ,
Petah Tikva ,
Herzliya ,
Netanya , the academic city of
Rehovot and its neighbor
Rishon LeZion . In addition, hi-tech clusters can be found in
Haifa and
Caesarea .
Jerusalem also has significant high-tech establishments (
Technology Park, Malha ,
Har Hotzvim and
JVP Media Quarter in
Talpiot ). Another notable high-tech park is the Startup Village in
Yokneam Illit .
Yehud hosts
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 's software campus
[11] and other IT and high-tech companies.
Japan
Malaysia
Technology Park Malaysia (TPM) ,
Kuala Lumpur
[15]
Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) /
Cyberjaya ,
Selangor
Selangor Science Park,
Selangor
Selangor Science Park 2,
Selangor
[16]
Subang Hi-Tech Industrial Park,
Selangor
FRIM-MTDC Technology Centre,
Selangor
[17]
UPM-MTDC Technology Centre,
Selangor
[18]
UKM-MTDC Technology Centre.
Selangor
[19]
UITM-MTDC Technology Centre.
Selangor
[20]
Penang (Known as "Silicon Valley of the East")
[21]
[22]
[23]
[24]
Penang Science Park,
Penang
Penang Cybercity,
Penang
[25]
MSC Cyberport ,
Johor
[26]
Johor Technology Park ,
Johor
Nusajaya Tech Park,
Johor
[27]
UTM-MTDC Technology Centre, Technovation Park,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Johor
[28]
Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) ,
Kedah
[29]
Myanmar
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Daedeok Science Town ,
Daejeon
Digital Media City ,
Seoul
LG Science Park ,
Seoul
Pangyo Techno Valley ,
Gyeonggi
[33]
Samsung Town ,
Seoul
Gumi Technology Industrial Park ,
Gumi, North Gyeongsang
Pohang University of Science and Technology ,
Pohang ,
North Gyeongsang
Songdo ,
Incheon
Teheran Valley ,
Seoul
Taiwan
Southern Taiwan Science Park
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Europe
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
BioWin: The Health Cluster of Wallonia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Finland
France
WISTA in Berlin (Silicon Allee )
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Dublin (known as "
Silicon Docks " or "The European Silicon Valley", due to its high number of technological EMEA centres)
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Romania
Bucharest
Grozăvești including Politehnica Campus, Regie Campus, Sema Park, Afi Park and Orhideea Offices
Pipera including Pipera Park, Aviației Offices and Piața Pipera Offices
Măgurele including the European laser technology institute
Romexpo including Expozitiei Offices, Tipografiei Offices and Jiului Offices
Militari including West Gate Offices
Cluj-Napoca
[40]
Între Lacuri start-up offices
Jucu technology park
Iași
Palas-Sfântul Andrei Offices
Craiova
S200 technology park including Universitatea Campus
Ford automotive park
Timișoara
Openville
Vox Technology Park
Pitești
Serbia
Science Technology Park Belgrade
NTP Novi Sad
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Oceania
Australia
Australian Technology Park ,
Eveleigh ,
Sydney ,
New South Wales
Digital Harbour ,
Docklands ,
Melbourne ,
Victoria
Macquarie Park ,
Sydney ,
New South Wales (including the Research Park,
Macquarie University )
Technology Park ,
Bentley ,
Perth ,
Western Australia (adjacent to
Curtin University )
Places with "Silicon" names
The following list contains places with "Silicon" names , that is, places with nicknames inspired by the
Silicon Valley
nickname given to part of the
San Francisco Bay Area :
Africa
Middle East and North Africa
Americas
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Mexico
United States
Philicon Valley (also known as "Silicon Valley Forge"): Area close to
Philadelphia , in the suburbs of Valley Forge and Wayne
[44]
Research Forest: The Woodlands, Texas
Silicon Alley : Originally a portion of
Manhattan in New York City, specifically
Broadway , the
Flatiron District ,
SoHo , and
TriBeCa . Now encompasses the general NYC tech sphere.
Silicon Anchor:
Norfolk –
Virginia Beach metropolitan area
Silicon Basin:
Columbus, Ohio
Silicon Bayou :
New Orleans, Louisiana
Silicon Beach :
Santa Monica ,
California and the
Westside area of the Los Angeles metro, more specifically
Culver City ,
Venice Beach ,
Westwood ,
Manhattan Beach ,
Malibu ,
Playa del Rey , and
Marina del Rey ; also used to refer to the
San Diego area in the name of the 1980s software developer
Silicon Beach Software . There is also Silicon Beach in
South Florida in the
Miami area.
[45]
[46]
[47]
Silicon Coast:
Orange County, California
Silicon Desert :
Chandler, Arizona
[48]
Silicon Forest :
Portland, Oregon
Silicon Harbor:
Charleston, South Carolina
Silicon Hill : Washington, D.C.
Silicon Hills :
Austin, Texas
Silicon Hollar :
Boone, North Carolina
[49]
Silicon Mountain :
Front Range Urban Corridor ,
Colorado (
Denver ,
Boulder ,
Fort Collins ,
Colorado Springs )
Silicon Peach :
Atlanta home to
Georgia Institute of Technology as well as VMware
Airwatch , Google ATL,
Kabbage ,
Pindrop Security , and many venture capital firms
Silicon Prairie
Silicon Sandbar :
Cape Cod ,
Massachusetts [
citation needed ]
Silicon Shire :
Eugene, Oregon
Silicon Shore:
Santa Barbara, California
Silicon Slopes :
Utah County and southern
Salt Lake County ,
Utah
Silicon Surf:
Santa Cruz, California
Silicon Valley :
San Jose, California (the original "Silicon" namesake)
Silicon Valley North:
Seattle, Washington
Silicon Valley of the Sierras:
Nevada County, California
Silicotton Valley:
Huntsville, Alabama
Silicon Spuds:
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Asia
Silicon Harbor:
Hong Kong , China
Silicon Island:
Kyushu , Japan
Silicon Peninsula:
Dalian , China
China's Silicon Valley:
Shenzhen or
Zhongguancun ,
Haidian District ,
Beijing ,
People's Republic of China (PRC).
[50]
Silicon Valley of India (sometimes referred to as Silicon
Plateau ):
Bangalore
Silicon Valley of
Taiwan :
Hsinchu ,
Taiwan
Silicon Valley of Hong Kong:
Cyberport and
Hong Kong Science Park
Silicon Valley of the East:
Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone ,
Penang ,
Malaysia
Silicon Wadi : The coastal plain of
Israel , stretching from
Haifa to
Tel Aviv and
Rehovot and expanding inland to
Jerusalem
Teheran Valley :
Gangnam District ,
Seoul ,
South Korea
Europe
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Norway
SiliconFjord: Oslofjord region
[51]
Russia
Switzerland
Ticino Valley: Technology cluster in the Lugano area
United Kingdom
Cwm Silicon (
Newport, Wales )
Silicon Alley (Pink Lane,
Newcastle Upon Tyne , England)
Silicon Beach (
Bournemouth, England )
Silicon Canal (
Birmingham , England): the area along the
Digbeth Branch Canal from
Aston Science Park , through
Millennium Point to
Digbeth .
Silicon Corridor (the
M4 corridor )
Silicon Dock (
Belfast )
Silicon Fen (
Cambridge , England
[52] )
Silicon Forest (
Newark, Nottinghamshire ): Silicon Forest consists of various businesses from in and around the Newark and Sherwood area that specialise in technology and innovation.
Silicon Glen (
Central Belt ,
Scotland )
Silicon Gorge (
Bristol , England)
Silicon Mall (London, England): the area between Pall Mall and Victoria in London
Silicon Pier (
Brighton , England)
Silicon Roundabout : the area around Old Street Roundabout in London (
East London Tech City )
Silicon Shipyard (
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Gateshead ,
Middlesbrough )
Silicon Spa (
Leamington Spa ,
Warwickshire ):
[53] Notable for a relatively high concentration of
video game developers .
Silicon Walk (
Edinburgh ,
Scotland )
Oceania
Australia
Silicon Mallee (
Adelaide, Australia ; Mallee, an Australian aboriginal word for the land area around Adelaide covered by low, scrubby dwarf eucalyptus "mallee" vegetation)
Silicon St,
Sydney " An inner city colloquial district including Ultimo/Pyrmont along Harris St spanning 10 km2 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
See also
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Further reading
Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. 2020. "
Tech Clusters. " Journal of Economic Perspectives , 34 (3): 50–76.
External links