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The [[Chicago Metropolitan Area]] is home to several companies in the [[industrial electronics]], [[consumer electronics]], and [[telecommunications]] industries. The [[Illinois Technology and Research Corridor]] along [[Interstate 88 (west)|Interstate 88]] and the [[Golden Corridor]] along [[Interstate 90]] have particularly high concentrations of such businesses. |
The [[Chicago Metropolitan Area]] is home to several companies in the [[industrial electronics]], [[consumer electronics]], and [[telecommunications]] industries. The [[Illinois Technology and Research Corridor]] along [[Interstate 88 (west)|Interstate 88]] and the [[Golden Corridor]] along [[Interstate 90]] have particularly high concentrations of such businesses. |
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Among the Chicago area companies that comprise the Illinois Silicon Prairie are [[Alcatel Lucent]], [[Anixter International]], [[BFG Technologies]], [[Continental Automotive Systems]], [[FANUC Robotics]], [[Hostway]], [[Molex]], [[Motorola]], [[Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems]], [[Omron]], [[Panasonic]], [[Schneider Electric]], [[Shure Incorporated]], [[Tellabs]], [[Underwriters Laboratories]], [[USRobotics]], [[Westell]], [[WMS Gaming]], and [[Zebra Technologies]]. |
Among the Chicago area companies that comprise the Illinois Silicon Prairie are [[Alcatel Lucent]], [[Anixter International]], [[BFG Technologies]], [[Continental Automotive Systems]], [[FANUC Robotics]], [[Hostway]], [[Molex]], [[Motorola]], [[Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems]], [[Omron]], [[Panasonic]], [[Schneider Electric]], [[Shure Incorporated]], [[Tellabs]], [[Underwriters Laboratories]], [[USRobotics]], [[Westell]], [[WMS Gaming]], [[Wolfram Research]], and [[Zebra Technologies]]. |
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== Wyoming Silicon Prairie == |
== Wyoming Silicon Prairie == |
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The Silicon Prairie can refer to one of several places in the United States: an area in Illinois, and more commonly one in Texas.
Dallas-Fort Worth Silicon Prairie
North Texas's Silicon Prairie refers to north Dallas and Dallas and Fort Worth's northern suburbs, all part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is named for the high concentration of semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, and other information technology related companies in the area.
Dallas area business in these industry sectors include Texas Instruments (Richardson), EDS (Plano), RadioShack (Fort Worth), AT&T (Dallas), Nortel (Richardson), Alcatel-Lucent (Richardson), Cisco (Richardson), Ericsson (Richardson), Rockwell Collins (Richardson), Raytheon (Plano), Verizon (Irving), CompUSA (Addison), Entrust (Addison), i2 Technologies (Irving), CSC (Fort Worth), Match.com (Dallas), Hotels.com (Dallas), Travelocity (Southlake), Motorola (Dallas), Nokia (Irving), and Microsoft (Irving). The Telecom Corridor in Richardson is usually considered an area within the Silicon Prairie. There are also a large amount of recognized video and computer game developers in the area, known as the Dallas Gaming Mafia, including Gearbox Software, id Software, 3D Realms, and Ensemble Studios. [1]
Illinois Silicon Prairie
The Illinois Silicon Prairie typically refers to the Chicago and Champaign/Urbana areas. Much of the high technology industry base in the Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area is comprised of research and small start-up companies working with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Seven Fortune 500 companies have research entities at the university's research park, which is located in Champaign. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is in Urbana [2]
The Chicago Metropolitan Area is home to several companies in the industrial electronics, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries. The Illinois Technology and Research Corridor along Interstate 88 and the Golden Corridor along Interstate 90 have particularly high concentrations of such businesses.
Among the Chicago area companies that comprise the Illinois Silicon Prairie are Alcatel Lucent, Anixter International, BFG Technologies, Continental Automotive Systems, FANUC Robotics, Hostway, Molex, Motorola, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Omron, Panasonic, Schneider Electric, Shure Incorporated, Tellabs, Underwriters Laboratories, USRobotics, Westell, WMS Gaming, Wolfram Research, and Zebra Technologies.
Wyoming Silicon Prairie
Refers to the region of Wyoming south and east of Jackson Hole. Also called the Silicon Range where a growing number of internet (Web 2.0) startups.
References
[Silicon Prairie News]http://www.siliconprairienews.com
- ^ International association of science and technology for development -" The IASTED International Conference on Computational and Systems Biology (CASB 2006)." Originally published 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2007.
- ^ Tech News World -" Silicon Prairie May Be Fertile Ground for Emerging Homeland Security Biz." Originally published 7 March 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2007.