ABOUT SILICON VALLEY Silicon Valley is in the bay area centered around San Jose, California. Silicon Valley is the world's undisputed technology leader due to its strong VC base, infrastructure, entrepreneurial culture, steady influx of the world's best engineers and scientists in the world.
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Here are some interesting facts about Silicon Valley:
California’s GSP (Gross State Product) in 2006 was $1.73 Trillion, the highest in the US. (Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)
If California was a country, it would be the 7th largest Economic Powerhouse in the World (Source: CIA)
Many globally recognized corporations have world headquarters in California (i.e. Intel, Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Western Digital, Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, Adobe, Symantec, Applied Materials, Lifescan)
Many top Japanese Corporations hold their American headquarter in California (i.e. Toyota, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Magma, Capcom, Namco, Nintendo, Nishimoto Trading, Mitsubishi, Daihatsu, Sony Computer Entertainment America)
The State of California purchases more than $4 billion a year in products and services. California has multi-million dollar Government projects available.