Silicon Valley
词源说明
From Silicon Valley USA, the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in Electronic News by the journalist Don Hoefler, from silicon, an important element in semiconductor manufacturing + valley from Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1informalOriginally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there were a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.
- 2metonymicThe tech industry, especially the American tech industry specifically.
- 3countableA tech industry cluster in another country, developed as a competitor to the original Silicon Valley.