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Silicon Valley, also known as Santa Clara Valley, is a sprawling area that makes up the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It's home to the world’s leading technology corporations, and gets its name from the element silicon, used in the computers and semiconductors that are at the core of many of the area's businesses. Silicon Valley is also known for its thriving startup culture; the numerous venture capital firms lining Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park control $150 billion in risk capital used for funding new companies, many of which are based in the region. Read more