The term high-tech zone has become a popular term recently, as many countries are planning to establish such a system on their lands.
The high-tech zone refers to the gathering of high-tech companies in one place, just as was the custom in the past.
A number of merchants working in a specific field would gather in one place, such as the gold markets, which included many gold stores, or a group of clothing stores, and so on.
This type of business appeared in the early seventies, but the development that struck the technology sector led to an increasingly large growth in this sector.
Starting from the valley:
The beginning was in Silicon Valley, that quiet rural area in the American state of California, where the first chip factory was established, which contributed to the foundation of the computer industry and all types of technology, semiconductor manufacturing companies began to gather in that region, so that today the Silicon Valley region became the global technology capital, it is also considered the ideal and best place in the world to start projects, Silicon Valley is a gathering of the largest technology companies in the world, including, for example, Adobe, AMD, Yahoo, Alphabet, Nvidia, Oracle, Intel, and thousands of other companies.
The market value of companies in Silicon Valley currently amounts to about three trillion dollars.
Export the idea:
The idea of Silicon Valley turned into a tradition in many countries of the world, as it began to spread in several countries seeking to attract talent and companies working in the field of advanced technology.
China and then India are considered among the leading countries and strong competitors in this field, as they have established several zones dedicated to high technology. China has established a zone containing more than 20,000 companies working in the field of advanced technology to be the strongest and fiercest competitor to America’s Silicon Valley.
The East Silicon Valley region is growing and accelerating. Permanently making the United States prevent competition within this field very close.
Other silicone areas:
Similar to Silicon Valley, many other areas have emerged, two other regions have been established in the United States: Silicon Fan, Silicon Roundabout, and Silicon Glen in the United Kingdom, and Silicon Allee in Scotland and in Germany.
Dubai Silicon Oasis:
The city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has designated the Silicon Oasis area as a headquarters for emerging companies, which today includes hundreds of companies operating in the technology and software sector or as a headquarters for international companies in the Middle East.
The oasis includes several areas: the residential area, the facilities area, the industrial area, the commercial area, and the educational area.
The oasis is classified as an integrated economic zone for knowledge and innovation.
Silicon was the basis on which advanced industry was built, especially electronic chips. It was the basis for the emergence of many companies that turned into the basis for high-tech areas, thus being the basis for the economy and the development of technology that we witness daily.
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