| − | Silicon Valley is located in northern [[California]] at the southern end of [[San Francisco]] Bay. The area is home to many high-tech companies, including Hewlett Packard, Intel, Adobe, Yahoo, [[Google]], Apple, Cisco, Oracle, and AMD. | + | Silicon Valley is located in northern [[California]] at the southern end of [[San Francisco]] Bay. The area is home to many high-tech companies, including [[Hewlett Packard]], [[Intel]], [[Adobe]], [[Yahoo]], [[Google]], [[Apple]], [[Cisco]], [[Oracle]], and [[AMD]]. |
| | Silicon Valley is actually a valley in the geographic sense. The proper name for the valley in which much of Silicon "Valley" resides is the Santa Clara Valley. | | Silicon Valley is actually a valley in the geographic sense. The proper name for the valley in which much of Silicon "Valley" resides is the Santa Clara Valley. |