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Silicon Valley Companies

The most well-known Silicon Valley companies are Apple, Facebook, Google, and Netflix. The area also launched Tesla, Twitter, Yahoo!, and eBay. There are many business support companies such as Cisco, Oracle, Salesforce.com, Hewlett-Packard, and Intel. Other companies include Adobe, Intuit, and Zynga.16

History of Silicon Valley

The idea for Silicon Valley began during the Great Depression. Stanford engineering professor Frederick Terman decided to create more jobs opportunities for his students. He encouraged two of his them, William Hewlett and David Packard. He even got grants for them so they could create the high-tech company named after them.

After World War II, Terman became Dean of the engineering school. He encouraged faculty to sit on the boards of new enterprises. He used contacts in Washington to get Federal grants for school research. He founded the Stanford Industrial Park to cross-fertilize research between Stanford and local businesses.

The University leased land to Varian Associates, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Lockheed, and Hewlett-Packard. In 1955, Terman became provost of Stanford. He expanded the Park to include biotech companies. In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor launched, spawning 38 companies including Intel.

The name "Silicon Valley USA" was first used in 1971. Don Hoefler chose the name for a series of articles published in Electronic News.