taking a tech holiday in silicon valley - purified air

Silicon Valley-the Center for Global Technology and Innovation has been a surprisingly compelling destination for a few days for a place that basically has no physical beauty.
"Ten years ago, there was no one here," he told me . "
"This Land is an apricot garden.
The incident happened so quickly that no one believed it, "said Pau speter, owner of the residential hotel I stayed in and Main Street developer.
Residence Inn by Marriott San Francisco South Cupertino is part of the new Main Street development project, a hybrid-
The use areas of retail, hotel, commercial and residential are carefully planned to become a unique community.
The transition from rural to urban is so thorough that most tourists will not know the Spanish name of the valley-Santa Clara-named after St. Claire of Assisi by a French missionary in 1777, or, due to its subtropical climate, fertile soil and agricultural production, it was later nicknamed heart Valley.
If you can, imagine a valley where there are nearly 8 million fruit trees and their flowers "cover the landscape" every spring ".
This is a very productive valley that supports 18 cannery and 13 dry.
Fruit packaging room and 12 fresh-
Fruit and vegetable transportation company.
It was the Santa Clara Valley in the early 20 th century.
Driving through the valley now is hard to imagine any of them.
The orchard has been replaced by multiple orchards.
Highway and beige buildings.
Tech giants like Apple, Google and Facebook have begun to create "campuses" that reflect the personality of their company ".
"The Apple is very mysterious," said Sharon Tegra, a tour guide . " We passed the company.
The billion-dollar building is known as a "spaceship" because of its similarity to flying saucers ".
"Apple does not offer travel services," she added . " She suggested that the best views come from the second story of the Apple Visitor Center across the street.
Apple Visitor Center.
The story of Silicon Valley began in 1956 with William shawkley, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing transistors.
Soon after, he gave up his job at Bell Labs in New Jersey and moved to the Santa Clara Valley, where he set up the shawkley semiconductor company.
Shawley may be a genius, but he can't manage his employees. his smartest eight employees finally left and set up their own company.
They developed the first silicon transistor in feimar semiconductor. Why silicon?
"It's sand, it's rich, it conducts electrons," Sharon explained . " He added, "more than 70% of companies in Silicon Valley can go back to Fedora. ”When Intelco-
Founder Robert Noyce found that he could install more than one transistor on a silicon chip, a turning point.
Entrance to Intel headquarters and Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California, part of Silicon Valley.
Robert NOYS is one of the company's partners.
Founder and inventor of integrated circuit on silicon chip.
Other partners at Intel
Founder Gordon Moore, known for Moore's law, is a bold prediction that the number of transmitters on the chip will double every two years.
"Moore's law is the foundation of Silicon Valley," Sharon told us . ".
"Now, there are two billon processors on one chip.
"Inside the Intel Museum, the" sand circuit "exhibition invites visitors into a fake" Legend, "where chips are made from silicon chips after the silicon has been purified and processed.
Fab feels very clean and sterile, with a perforated floor to circulate and purify the air, as in a real "myth. (
Children can pretend to be "legendary" workers in "rabbit suits. )
The museum also has hands. on displays.
It wasn't long before I felt like I was out of depth, but tech geeks could spend a few hours here happily.
Outside Google Plex, you will find that the bicycle color provided by the company to employees is familiar.
Suzanne Moffett moved to Google's vast headquarters, Google Plex, and we walked through a large colorful exhibition --than-life-
Food-sized sculptures.
Google has doughnuts, gingerbread men, clair and other symbols in its android operating system.
In Google's merchandise store, employees are preparing to cut the ribbon.
They launched a commuter truck driver jacket designed in partnership with Levi, and combined Google's flower cloth technology.
The wearer is essentially a "smart" jacket that controls the phone with just touch the sleeve. On the 20-
Sharon told us that both companies offer tourist tours, "but they won't take you to anything that's going on.
"Visitors to Silicon Valley Facebook take pictures of each other in front of the company's iconic thumbs.
Suzanne MorphetAt Facebook, we just took pictures at a giant Logo hem pose with a signature thumb.
It's strange that a company that will only make people contact has not done much more in contacting visitors.
Perhaps the most memorable stop in the morning was Steve Jobs's childhood home, where he and his smart partner, Steve Wozniak, used the first Apple computer. The blue-
The closed ranchers of Los Altos used to and are now ordinary families on ordinary streets.
By the end of our tour, I realized I needed a tech holiday;
That is the breakthrough of technology.
Santa Clara may have lost its orchard, but the Santa Cruz Mountains in the West are home to the oldest wine --
The California region has more than 80 wineries and vineyards.
I went to Picchetti winery where I just had to think about which wine to drink and which tree to sit under.
The author is a guest at Residence Inn by Marriott Cupertino.
It did not review or approve the story until it was published.
With a stay at Residence Inn by Marriott Cupertino, you'll be 12 km from San Jose International Airport.
It is designed for a long stay with studio, one and two-
Guest room suites feature kitchens, complimentary hot breakfast, free laundry service, and weekend social gatherings. Mid-
Weekly interest rate is higher than weekly-
End, one-
Bedroom Suites start at about $389. www. marriott.
Com/hotel/tour/sjcpt-residence-inn-san-jose-
Cupertino/Eat: there are many restaurants on Cupertino Street, including Orun's Mediterranean-style hummus, lazy dogs, comfortable food, including Asian bowls and pasta, Alexander steakhouse, A classic American steak house with its own dry steakaging room.
Drinks: Picchetti winery about 15-
It is only a few minutes drive from the hotel.
Build your own five awards flight-
Win wine for $15.
The winery offers beautiful views of the valley and the forest trail.
Tour route: full and half provided by Traeger tour group
A day trip to Silicon Valley and three
An hour walking tour of Stanford University.
Museum: The Intel Museum is free from Monday to Saturday.
The Computer History Museum opened on Wednesday to Sunday for $17. 50 for adults.