Silicon Valley itself was built on demand. The US Department of Defense put up tens of billions of dollars in contracts for microelectronics, a commitment that both paid down innovators’ risk and created an infrastructure that would support the growth of start-ups.
硅谷本身也是建立在需求的基础之上。美国国防部为微电子合同出资数百亿美元，不仅补偿了创新企业蒙受的风险，而且建成了能支持初创企业成长的基础设施。