Silicon Hills
Silicon Hills is a nickname for the cluster of high-tech companies in the Austin metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Texas. The name is analogous to Silicon Valley, but refers to the hilly terrain on the west side of Austin. High tech industries in the area include enterprise software, semiconductors, corporate R&D, biotechnology, gaming, and a variety of startup companies.
DreamHack Austin 2017
DreamHack Austin 2017 was held in the Austin Convention Center from April 28 to April 30, 2017. Asus Republic of Gamers had a booth at the convention and Asus, Intel and "PC Gamer" collaborated to set up gaming laptops and desktops, as well as a virtual reality station, in the "free-to-play" area. Austin was the first DreamHack event to be livestreamed directly on Twitter as part of a 2017 partnership between the two organizations.