Silicon Valley

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ISilicon Valley eCalifornia iyi-mecca yezobuchwepheshe nama-geek. Ngokuqondile, igama laso lisho iSilicon Valley, enye yezinto ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ekwenziweni kwamadivayisi kagesi, futhi livela ekukhuleni okusheshayo kwezinkampani ezinikele kumakhompyutha, ubuchwepheshe kanye nogesi okwenzeke lapha eminyakeni yama-80s.

ISilicon Valley itholakala ethekwini laseSan Francisco futhi njengamanje iyisikhungo semisha lapho konke ukuqala kungathanda ukuhlala khona futhi kuyikhaya lezinkampani ezinjengeGoogle, Apple, HP noma Facebook.

Ohambweni oluya e-United States, ochwepheshe akufanele baphuthelwe ukuvakashela iSilicon Valley. Ngalesi sizathu, ngezansi siphakamisa ukuvakashela izindawo ezibalulekile lapho ezinye zezinkampani ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe zazalwa futhi zakhula khona.

I-University Avenue

I-University Avenue itholakala ePalo Alto. Lapha kulula ukubona abatshalizimali nosomabhizinisi bexoxisana ezitolo zekhofi ukuze bathole ukuqala okulandelayo okuzoshintsha umhlaba. Le ndlela iyinhliziyo yeSilicon Valley futhi iyikhaya leHhovisi leLucky, elidume ngokuba “yisakhiwo esinenhlanhla kunazo zonke eSilicon Valley”, lapho izinkampani ezinjengeGoogle noma iPaypal zithathe izinyathelo zazo zokuqala ngaphambi kokuba zibe yizizwe eziningi.

I-Stanford University

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IStanford ingelinye lamayunivesithi ahlonishwa kakhulu aseMelika emhlabeni. Kutholakala ngamakhilomitha angama-56 ukusuka eSan Francisco, yindawo lapho abantu abanjengoLarry Page (Google), Hewlett noPackard (HP) noma uBill Gates (Microsoft) babumba imibono yabo ukwakha lezi zinkampani zomhlaba jikelele.

Njengamanje ungavakashela isakhiwo sikaWilliam Gates seFakhalthi ye-Informatics, exhaswe nguBill Gates nalapho kutholakala khona iseva yokuqala yakwaGoogle.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, indawo lapho uDave Packard nomngani wakhe uBill Hewlett batshala khona imali, baklama imishini kagesi ehlukile nokunye ukuhlola kwakuyigaraji labo lasekhaya. Ubani ongatshela laba bantu abasha ngo-1939 ukuthi inkampani yabo yezakhi ze-elekthronikhi izofinyelela ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke njenge-HP? Yize ingaphakathi legaraji langempela lingenakuvakashelwa, kunesifanekiso eStanford University esivumela ukuthi sazi ukuthi indawo yabo yokusebenza yayinjani.

I-Googleplex

Yize iGoogle inamahhovisi emhlabeni jikelele, iGoogleplex (enamagama athi Google noComplex), iyikomkhulu eliyinhloko futhi mhlawumbe indlunkulu yenkampani edume kakhulu emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke, ukungena esakhiweni akuvunyelwe ngaphandle kokuthi uvakashele othile ovela enkampanini. 

Imyuziyam yomlando wekhompyutha

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IComputer History Museum iyisipho embonini yezobuchwepheshe. Yavula iminyango yayo ngo-1996 futhi kusukela lapho, imibukiso yayo ibekelwe umlando wekhompyutha namakhompyutha, isikhathi sedijithali kanye nenguquko ubuchwepheshe obulethe ezimpilweni zethu.

Kulesi sigcinamagugu singacabanga kusuka kumadivayisi okuqala namakhompyutha amancane ukuya kumdlalo wokuqala wevidiyo wemishini yama-slot nama-supercomputer. Futhi-ke, intela ku-silicon nokusetshenziswa kwayo kuma-transistors nakho bekungalahleka.


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