the first such centre outside the US. There remains a significant presence of global players like National Semiconductor, IBM, Shin Etsu Handotai Europe Ltd and Freescale. The move from a primarily manufacturing dominated region to a wealth creation one has been successful as demonstrated in a report from UBS Wealth Management in 2006 showing Scotland with more venture backed companies per capita than any other UK region. In addition to the indigenous companies, Silicon Glen continues to have quite a significant semiconductor design community of inward investment companies including Atmel, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Micrel, Analog Devices, Allegro MicroSystems, Micro Linear, Micronas and ST Microelectronics. Semefab, the former General Instrument semiconductor foundry, has been funded as the UK's Primary Centre for the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology. Scotland had 1,000 companies in electronics employing 25,000 people in 2004, this number has been in decline since 2000 when 48,000 people were employed in the industry in Scotland. However, by 2016 the Silicon Glen has begun to boom once again, with new digital start ups - such as Skyscanner - choosing Scotland for headquarters or offices. 18% of the UK's space industry is based in Scotland, and Glasgow builds more satellites than any other city in Europe. Two locations in Scotland - Prestwick Airport and the A' Mhòine peninsula - are up for consideration for the UK's first spaceport. The Open Source Awards (formerly the Scottish Open Source Awards) have been run from Scotland since 2007. It was initially a subset of the Scottish Software Awards. Notable companies Many high technology companies are established in Silicon Glen, including: Unity (game engine) Microsoft Amazon.com Codeplay FanDuel IBM Oracle Corporation Rockstar North Adobe Systems Canon Medical Systems Corporation Skyscanner Motorola NCR Proper Games Raytheon Texas Instruments Freescale 3Com Agilent Analog Devices Atmel Atos Axeon ST Microelectronics Broadcom Corporation Cadence Design Systems Cirrus Logic Dialog Semiconductor Dynamo Games IndigoVision Thales Optronics Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Version 1 Linn Maxim Integrated Products Memex Technology Limited Micrel Braindead Ape Games Micronas Leonardo MW Limited Semefab Allegro MicroSystems AND Digital Waracle WFS Technologies ATEEDA Codestuff Compugraphics ClinTec International Clyde Space Infinity Works Youmanage Digital Goldfish Kaiam Europe limited MEP Technologies Ltd Brand Rex Elonics Kumulos Optos Micro Linear BI Technologies Mage Control Systems Ltd CRC Group Shin Etsu Handotai Europe Ltd See also List of places with 'Silicon' names References and notes External links Scotland IS, the