New York City is the largest central business district in the world. Silicon Alley, centered in Manhattan, has evolved into a metonym for the sphere encompassing the New York City metropolitan region's high technology industries involving the Internet, new media, telecommunications, digital media, software development, biotechnology, game design, financial technology (""FinTech""), and other fields within information technology that are supported by its entrepreneurship ecosystem and venture capital investments. In 2015, Silicon Alley generated over US$7.3 billion in venture capital investment across a broad spectrum of high technology enterprises, most based in Manhattan, with others in Brooklyn, Queens, and elsewhere in the region. High
Silicon Slopes grouping includes memory process technology companies SanDisk and the Intel/Micron joint venture IM Flash Technologies, video game software development companies EA Sports, and data analysis software including Adobe Systems. It is one of a growing number of technology communities (List of places with "Silicon" names) and technology centers (List of technology centers) gaining status from their relationship to or similarity with Silicon Valley, California. The term "Silicon Slopes" is the brainchild of Josh James (founder and CEO of Domo) for the purpose of creating a branding campaign to promote Utah's growing technology community. The nickname is derived from "Silicon Valley,"