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It is also a Nickname for Southern Mindanao, Philippines , referring to the growing number of Software companies sprouting in the area. The term was adapted from the term Silicon Valley , referring to the High Tech cluster located in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California . , Davao , Davao Del Sur , and Davao Oriental . The region encloses the Davao Gulf and its regional center is Davao City . Silicon Gulf is part of the Philippine Cyberservices Corridor . ORIGIN Silicon Gulf also is a term for the gulf of difference in culture between Silicon Valley and the developing world. A program under the same name, spearheaded by Silicon Gulf Incubators, Inc., was undertaken in Davao City, Philippines, then primarily an agricultural and trading region, to create and sustain a Local Innovation System appropriate for Developing Countries . Unlike top-down Techno Cluster building which require a strong push for government technology policies and massive budgets, the Silicon Gulf framework involved a Grassroots effort that developed programs in academe and the private sector. The said program created a Call Center Incubator (CCI) and Research And Development laboratories in selected universities, starting with Ateneo de Davao, which was part of a quadrangle of instutions called the Silicon Gulf Diamond. COMPANIES UNIVERSITIES TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INTERNATIONALLY
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