This is a list some 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 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
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
South Moravian Innovation Centre (Czech: Jihomoravské inovační centrum, JIC) is a Czech association of legal entities in
Brno,
Czech Republic that supports companies and connects them with universities and research institutions.
Chilecon Valley:
Santiago,
Chile. The name was first coined by The Economist. Santiago is home of
Start-Up Chile, the most important government sponsored accelerator worldwide.[44]
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 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
This is a list some 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 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
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
South Moravian Innovation Centre (Czech: Jihomoravské inovační centrum, JIC) is a Czech association of legal entities in
Brno,
Czech Republic that supports companies and connects them with universities and research institutions.
Chilecon Valley:
Santiago,
Chile. The name was first coined by The Economist. Santiago is home of
Start-Up Chile, the most important government sponsored accelerator worldwide.[44]
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 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