THE NEW SILICON VALLEY Subtle changes come to California's corridor of dreamers FINAL Edition

Silicon Valley is still the prosperous center of gravity for U.S. high technology, a sunlit land where the agonies of Massachusetts' Route 128 seem far away, not only in miles. Unlike Route 128, which grew on mainframes and minicomputers, Silicon Valley boomed with semiconductors, personal comp...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author Solomon, Jolie
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 22.06.1992
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif
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Summary:Silicon Valley is still the prosperous center of gravity for U.S. high technology, a sunlit land where the agonies of Massachusetts' Route 128 seem far away, not only in miles. Unlike Route 128, which grew on mainframes and minicomputers, Silicon Valley boomed with semiconductors, personal computers and software. Despite their struggles, these have proved more durable and expansive as businesses. In the hills and valley surrounding General Magic, subtle changes are evident. Silicon Valley, south of San Francisco and north of the Monterey Peninsula, is vulnerable to the recession still gripping California, to huge military cutbacks that have just begun and to the anxieties heightened by the riots in Los Angeles.
ISSN:1930-8965