List of places with "Silicon" names
- List of places with "Silicon" names
The following is a list of places with "Silicon" names, that is, places whose names were (or seemed to be) inspired by the "
Silicon Valley "nickname given to part of theSan Francisco Bay Area :*
Brazilian Silicon Valley —Campinas ,Brazil
*Cwm Silicon —Newport ,Wales
* Mexican Silicon Valley —Jalisco ,Mexico
*Silicon Alley —New York, New York , Broadway, theFlatiron District ,TriBeCa andSoHo ,United States
* Silicon Alley — Pink Lane,Newcastle Upon Tyne ,England
* Silicon Corridor — The corridor created by theM4 motorway betweenBristol andLondon , includingSwindon , Reading andSlough ,England
* Silicon Desert — Chandler,Arizona ,United States (Intel, Motorola, others)
*Silicon Fen —Cambridge ,England
*Silicon Forest — Portland,Oregon ,United States
*Silicon Glen —Central Belt ,Scotland
*Silicon Gorge —Bristol ,England
*Silicon Gulf —Davao ,Philippines
*Silicon Hills - Austin,Texas ,United States
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Saxony Silicon Saxony] de icon -Elbe river valley aroundDresden ,Germany
*Silicon Prairie -Illinois ,United States as well asDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex ,Texas ,United States
*Silicon Slopes -Utah ,United States concentrated in theWasatch Front ,Utah ,United States
*Silicon Valley North — Kanata,Ontario ,Canada andOttawa ,Canada
* Silicon Valley of China —Zhongguancun ,Haidian District ,Beijing ,People's Republic of China (PRC)
*Silicon Valley of India (sometimes referred to as SiliconPlateau )-Bangalore
* Silicon Valley ofEurope —Dublin ,Ireland
* Silicon Valley ofSouth Korea —New Songdo City ,Incheon
* Silicon Valley ofRussia —Zelenograd ,Moscow
* Silicon Valley ofSweden —Kista
* Silicon Valley ofTaiwan —Hsinchu ,Taiwan
* Dubai Silicon Oasis —Dubai ,United Arab Emirates
*Silicon Wadi — The coastal plain ofIsrael , stretching fromHaifa toTel Aviv andRehovot and expanding inland toJerusalem
* Silicon Beach - Santa Cruz,California ,United States andBrighton ,England External links
* [http://tbtf.com/siliconia.html Comprehensive list of "Silicon" names]
Silicon Roundabout - Old street area in London
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