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'Emeq HaSilicon' (, commonly known as 'Silicon Wadi' in English) is the coastal plain area of Israel which contains a high concentration of high-tech industries, similar to Silicon Valley in California, in the United States. The area covers much of the country, although especially high concentrations of hi-tech industry can be found in the area around Tel Aviv including small clusters around the cities of Ra'anana, Herzliya, Caesarea, Haifa, the academic city of Rehovot and its neighbour Rishon Le Zion. More recently, clusters have been established around Jerusalem, with its two new science parks at Malha and Har Hotzvim, as well as towns such as Yokneam Illit in the North of the country.
Many international technology companies have research and development facilites in this region including the likes of Intel, IBM[1], Google, Philips Cisco Systems, SAP, Microsoft, Motorola, and Computer Associates. Many Israeli high-tech companies are based in the region, including Zoran Corporation, CEVA Inc, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, NICE Systems, Horizon Semiconductors, Radware, Tadiran Telecom, Radvision, Check Point Software Technologies, Amdocs, Babylon Ltd., Elbit, Israel Aircraft Industries and the solar thermal equipment designer and manufacturer Solel, with most of them being listed on the NASDAQ, which even has an Israel Index. Because of this, Israel is often referred to as the ''Silicon Wadi'' and is known to be second only to Silicon Valley in the level of its innovation and ingenuity. In fact, Newsweek Magazine recently named Tel Aviv as one of the world's top ten "Hot High-Tech Cities" [2]. Intel developed its new dual-core Core Duo processor at its Israel Development Center located at the ''Merkaz Ta'asiya ve'Meida'' (Scientific Industries Center) in the city of Haifa[3]. In 2006, more than 3,000 start-ups were created in Israel, a number that is only second to the US[4].
For more than 40 years local demand fueled Israeli industrial expansion, as the country's population grew rapidly and the standard of living rose. More recently, world demand for Israeli advanced technologies, software, electronics, and other sophisticated equipment has stimulated industrial growth. Israel's high status in new technologies is the result of its emphasis on higher education and research and development. The government also assists industrial growth by providing low-rate loans from its development budget. The main limitations experienced by industry are the scarcity of domestic raw materials and sources of energy and the restricted size of the local market. One certain advantage is that many Israeli university graduates are likely to become IT entrepreneurs or join startups, about twice as much as US university graduates, who are also attracted to traditional corporate executive positions, according to Charles Holloway, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business of Stanford University [5]. ICQ, for instance, is one of the world's most famous Israeli software products, developed by 4 young entrepreneurs [6]. IBM has its 'IBM Content Discovery Engineering Team' in Jerusalem, whilst Motorola's Israel labs invented the cell phone.[1]
A startup that became a major powerhouse in the OpenSource era, Zend Technologies, is best known for its founders Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski, both Technion graduates and who, along with other Israeli graduates of the Technion and thr Danish-Greenlandic Rasmus Lerdorf, have created PHP. Gutmans and Suraski are both israelis and developed PHP3 and the core of PHP4; they founded Zend in Ramat Gan, Israel. Another entreprenurial case is the Rad Group, parent company of Radvision, which was founded in 1984 by Zohar Zisapel and his brother Yehuda. Zohar is often called the "Bill Gates" of Israel [8] [9].
★ Science and technology in Israel
1. IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs
2. Consulate General of Israel in Chicago - Israel's Economic and Business Climate. Letter from the Minister of Industry and Trade
3. Israel Saves Intel
4. Financial Times: Business as usual
5. Jewish News Weekly
6. New Jersey Technology Council
7. IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs
8. CNN Money article
9. Innovations Publishing article
★ Israel’s Silicon Wadi: The forces behind cluster formation - By Catherine de Fontenay and Erran Carmel, June 2002
★ Hi-Tech Opportunities in Israel - Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 2002
★ Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island – Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the ICT global production network ability tests: The role of values and test taking attitudes - By Stephen Roper and Seamus Grimes, March 2005
★ Alta Tecnologia nella Silicon Wadi Andrea Lawendel, LineaEDP (in italian)
★ Israel's new economic challenge. Dominic Casciani, BBC News
★ American University: Israel: ICT Geographics
'Emeq HaSilicon' (, commonly known as 'Silicon Wadi' in English) is the coastal plain area of Israel which contains a high concentration of high-tech industries, similar to Silicon Valley in California, in the United States. The area covers much of the country, although especially high concentrations of hi-tech industry can be found in the area around Tel Aviv including small clusters around the cities of Ra'anana, Herzliya, Caesarea, Haifa, the academic city of Rehovot and its neighbour Rishon Le Zion. More recently, clusters have been established around Jerusalem, with its two new science parks at Malha and Har Hotzvim, as well as towns such as Yokneam Illit in the North of the country.
| Contents |
| A Nationwide cluster |
| Evolution of the High-Tech Industry in Israel |
| Entrepreneurship in the Silicon Wadi |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
A Nationwide cluster
Many international technology companies have research and development facilites in this region including the likes of Intel, IBM[1], Google, Philips Cisco Systems, SAP, Microsoft, Motorola, and Computer Associates. Many Israeli high-tech companies are based in the region, including Zoran Corporation, CEVA Inc, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, NICE Systems, Horizon Semiconductors, Radware, Tadiran Telecom, Radvision, Check Point Software Technologies, Amdocs, Babylon Ltd., Elbit, Israel Aircraft Industries and the solar thermal equipment designer and manufacturer Solel, with most of them being listed on the NASDAQ, which even has an Israel Index. Because of this, Israel is often referred to as the ''Silicon Wadi'' and is known to be second only to Silicon Valley in the level of its innovation and ingenuity. In fact, Newsweek Magazine recently named Tel Aviv as one of the world's top ten "Hot High-Tech Cities" [2]. Intel developed its new dual-core Core Duo processor at its Israel Development Center located at the ''Merkaz Ta'asiya ve'Meida'' (Scientific Industries Center) in the city of Haifa[3]. In 2006, more than 3,000 start-ups were created in Israel, a number that is only second to the US[4].
Manahat Technological Center, Jerusalem
Evolution of the High-Tech Industry in Israel
For more than 40 years local demand fueled Israeli industrial expansion, as the country's population grew rapidly and the standard of living rose. More recently, world demand for Israeli advanced technologies, software, electronics, and other sophisticated equipment has stimulated industrial growth. Israel's high status in new technologies is the result of its emphasis on higher education and research and development. The government also assists industrial growth by providing low-rate loans from its development budget. The main limitations experienced by industry are the scarcity of domestic raw materials and sources of energy and the restricted size of the local market. One certain advantage is that many Israeli university graduates are likely to become IT entrepreneurs or join startups, about twice as much as US university graduates, who are also attracted to traditional corporate executive positions, according to Charles Holloway, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business of Stanford University [5]. ICQ, for instance, is one of the world's most famous Israeli software products, developed by 4 young entrepreneurs [6]. IBM has its 'IBM Content Discovery Engineering Team' in Jerusalem, whilst Motorola's Israel labs invented the cell phone.[1]
Entrepreneurship in the Silicon Wadi
A startup that became a major powerhouse in the OpenSource era, Zend Technologies, is best known for its founders Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski, both Technion graduates and who, along with other Israeli graduates of the Technion and thr Danish-Greenlandic Rasmus Lerdorf, have created PHP. Gutmans and Suraski are both israelis and developed PHP3 and the core of PHP4; they founded Zend in Ramat Gan, Israel. Another entreprenurial case is the Rad Group, parent company of Radvision, which was founded in 1984 by Zohar Zisapel and his brother Yehuda. Zohar is often called the "Bill Gates" of Israel [8] [9].
See also
★ Science and technology in Israel
References
1. IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs
2. Consulate General of Israel in Chicago - Israel's Economic and Business Climate. Letter from the Minister of Industry and Trade
3. Israel Saves Intel
4. Financial Times: Business as usual
5. Jewish News Weekly
6. New Jersey Technology Council
7. IBM Research | IBM Haifa Labs
8. CNN Money article
9. Innovations Publishing article
External links
★ Israel’s Silicon Wadi: The forces behind cluster formation - By Catherine de Fontenay and Erran Carmel, June 2002
★ Hi-Tech Opportunities in Israel - Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 2002
★ Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island – Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the ICT global production network ability tests: The role of values and test taking attitudes - By Stephen Roper and Seamus Grimes, March 2005
★ Alta Tecnologia nella Silicon Wadi Andrea Lawendel, LineaEDP (in italian)
★ Israel's new economic challenge. Dominic Casciani, BBC News
★ American University: Israel: ICT Geographics
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