Is Texas really a serious rival to California as a destination for high-tech? Still, skeptics rightly point out that plenty of other places have made a bid to become the new Silicon Valley and never come close. Silicon Valley fits the model. Even as Silicon Valley became the visible leader in computing technology, Texas Instruments flourished in Dallas, growing ever larger. All of this happened very gradually, almost imperceptibly, as Texas remained in the shadow of a burgeoning Silicon Valley.

Source: Mint February 07, 2021 01:18 UTC