Today we associate Silicon Valley with computing, but that was not always the case. In fact, Silicon Valley was, like the name might suggest, a hotbed for semiconductors, and only later became associated with computers (as they got smaller and cheaper and relied more heavily upon the latest microprocessors and semiconductor advances). Makes sense. But before all that, there was Minneapolis/St. Paul. All but forgotten now, this was the Silicon Valley of the computer industry for many years. Univac, Honeywell, Cray, even IBM out of Rochester. This is where the developments happened and where the competition was fostered. If it weren’t for the winters, things might have turned out very differently. Interesting, eh?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Silicon Valley of the North
Today we associate Silicon Valley with computing, but that was not always the case. In fact, Silicon Valley was, like the name might suggest, a hotbed for semiconductors, and only later became associated with computers (as they got smaller and cheaper and relied more heavily upon the latest microprocessors and semiconductor advances). Makes sense. But before all that, there was Minneapolis/St. Paul. All but forgotten now, this was the Silicon Valley of the computer industry for many years. Univac, Honeywell, Cray, even IBM out of Rochester. This is where the developments happened and where the competition was fostered. If it weren’t for the winters, things might have turned out very differently. Interesting, eh?
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