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San Francisco port made it a hub and radio industry -
silicon valley
San Jose became home to one of the first radio station -
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The Navy purchased Moffett Field to dock and maintain the USS Macon -
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The Ames research center was founded in the area -
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William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto -
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William Shockley invented the transistor at Bell Labs -
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William Shockley left Bell Labs to create his company Shockley Semiconductor -
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Eight men also known as the ''traitorous eight'' left Shockley Semiconductor -
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Arthur Rock was principle investor of Fairchild -
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companies like Apple, Intel, and other industries invested in Silicon Valley -
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Venture Capital community was around 20 people -
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Xerox opened its Park Lab in Palo Alto -
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Atari, Apple, and Oracle were founded in the area -
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Silicon Valley became the widely-accepted center of the computer industry -
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eBay, Yahoo!, Pay Pal, and Google are just some of the companies founded in the area -
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Facebook, Twitter, Uber, and Tesla were founded in the area