Cupertino
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Cupertino, California, is the home of Apple Computer, Inc. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley -- technically Santa Clara Valley -- between Palo Alto and San Jose, Cupertino is also home to many other major computer industry companies, including Symantec. Cupertino was once a bustling agricultural community at the center of vineyards, orchards, and olive groves. The seeds of change were planted in the early part of this century when several Stanford University graduates set up a string of companies in nearby Palo Alto. These companies would go on to invent the loudspeaker and discover that vacuum tubes could be used as amplifiers, giving birth to the electronics industry. The change continued throughout the century, with the biggest change occurring in the 50s and 60s, when the nascent semiconductor industry blossomed in Santa Clara Valley and gave it its new name: Silicon Valley.
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