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Remembering Maurice Wilkes, pioneer of UK computing

...s Mathematical Laboratory morphed into the Cambridge Computer Lab, which led to "silicon fen" becoming a hotbed for technology start-ups, somewhat like Stanford University... Read more

2 December, 2010

Government urged to increase SME support

UK technology innovation is driven by the so-called Silicon Fen, Glen and Thames Valley areas but the government needs to stump... Read more

11 June, 2007 by Gemma Simpson

US Report: Old Cambridge targets high-tech success

...fortunes in Silicon Valley. The focus on technology in the so-called Silicon Fen started two decades ago with Acorn Computer PLC, which became the... Read more

1 December, 1998 by Kevin Jones

Kewney: Silicon Fen is strewn with smoke, mirrors

...the Daily Telegraph? The suggestion is that this will establish a new 'Silicon Fen', which will rival the west coast of California's Silicon Valley... Read more

4 June, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Kewney (2): Silicon Fen strewn with smoke, mirrors

It goes beyond hardware. It goes beyond software. It's people, and it's beyond people. Eat in a pub in Cambridge, and... Read more

4 June, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Silicon Fen to widen its borders

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10 April, 2000 by Felicity Ussher

'Cambridge phenomenon' threatened by IP changes

...end to the high-tech boom that gave rise to the nickname "Silicon Fen". Ross Anderson, a reader in security engineering at Cambridge's Computer... Read more

1 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Gates to invest £130m in Cambridge students

...so many British technology start-ups that is often referred to as Silicon Fen and thought of as Britain's answer to Silicon Valley. "The... Read more

23 May, 2000 by Will Knight

Is autism inherent in IT?

...average levels in Silicon Valley in the US and the UK's 'Silicon Fen' around Cambridge over the past 20 years. But according to David... Read more

16 August, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Jane Wakefield: I am the network

...become a fashionable technology park at one end of the so-called Silicon Fen, an optimistic description of the high-tech corridor running between Cambridge... Read more

26 March, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Amino creates 'Littlest Linux'

...start-up companies proliferating Cambridge's current hot-bed of technological activity, "Silicon Fen". The company's technological expertise lies in its patent-pending IntAct... Read more

8 December, 1999 by Will Knight

Lacey's Paper Round

...1, 1998. M4 - home of hi-tech in the UK - Independent Forget Silicon Fen, Glen, and Shamrock Valley - if you want to be big in... Read more

8 June, 1998 by Eugene Lacey
One Is Good, Two Is Better!

One Is Good, Two Is Better!

...It is also the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen Read more

1 January, 2009

Silicon Fens and Glens need more support

Think of SMEs... UK tech innovation is driven by the so-called Silicon Fen, Glen and Thames Valley areas but the government needs to stump... Read more

8 June, 2007 by Gemma Simpson

Leader: Are we too snobbish to deserve a British Google?

...But he does seem to have something of a point. Silicon Glen, Silicon Fen, Silicon Corridor, Silicon Beach - we've heard 'em all. It's... Read more

13 June, 2006 by silicon.com staff

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