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The 30 pages that link to Silicon Valley, each with the reason it gives.

• William ShockleyNarrower topic: Shockley’s laboratory and the departures it provoked helped seed the region’s semiconductor industry.

• Fairchild SemiconductorNarrower topic: Fairchild’s growth helped establish the region’s semiconductor-centered economy.

• Robert NoyceNarrower topic: Noyce’s companies and leadership helped establish the region’s semiconductor-centered business culture.

• Gordon MooreNarrower topic: Moore’s companies helped establish the semiconductor industry that shaped the region.

• Nolan BushnellNarrower topic: Bushnell built his businesses amid the region’s emerging electronics and technology industries.

• Frederick TermanNarrower topic: Terman’s policies helped establish Stanford as an anchor of the region’s technology economy.

• Hewlett-PackardNarrower topic: HP’s Palo Alto founding helped anchor the region’s technology industry.

• Steve WozniakNarrower topic: Wozniak’s work grew out of the region’s electronics industry, hobbyist networks, and startup culture.

• David PackardNarrower topic: HP’s early growth helped shape the region’s engineering and entrepreneurial culture.

• Marc AndreessenNarrower topic: Andreessen’s move from academic software to startups unfolded within this technology ecosystem.

• Andrew GroveNarrower topic: Intel’s growth under Grove helped make the region a center of the semiconductor industry.

• Bill HewlettNarrower topic: HP became one of the early companies that helped establish the region’s technology industry.

• History of the transistorNarrower topic: Transistor research and semiconductor firms helped turn the region into a technology center.

• Leonard BosackNarrower topic: Cisco grew from a university project into a company in this technology region.

• Robert MetcalfeNarrower topic: Metcalfe’s engineering and business career unfolded within this technology ecosystem.