Silicon Valley is still where businesses of all levels want to be. If you haven’t heard of it (and you probably should have), it is located in the southern region of San Francisco in Northern California. It began in the 1980s with silicon chip inventors and manufacturers (hence the name) and has grown to include innovative technology companies to become the famous place it is today. Home to thousands of companies, the name is used to refer to Santa Clara Valley, but now refers to a much wider geographical area and is used as a metonym for the technological industry in America.