San Jose, California founded in 1777 is the third largest city in California and the 10th largest city in the United States. San Jose served as California’s first capital when California gained its statehood in 1850. San Jose is known as Silicon Valley because of its large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer and microprocessor companies. Area schools include San Jose State University, Santa Clara University and Stanford University which put thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the economy each year. San Jose is home to Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco and eBay. Residents of San Jose produce the most patents in the United States than any other country. >> More