62 Things You Should Know About Israel
May 19, 2010
On the occasion of Israel's 62th birthday, it is thriving as a global leader in science, technology, medicine, culture, and much more. In honor of 62 years, here are 62 of the many contributions that Israel and Israelis have made to the world.
The 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world's population, can lay claim to the following:
The cell phone was first developed at the Motorola plant in Israel.
Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft- Israel.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Both the Pentium-4 microprocessor for desktop computers and the Centrino processor for laptops were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel.
Voice mail technology was developed in Israel. The Israeli company Amdocs is the largest company in the world in this field.
Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only foreign-based research and development facilities in Israel.
The program ICQ, which is the technological basis for AOL Instant Messenger, was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
Disk on Key - a portable, virtual hard disk - was developed by the Israeli company M-Systems.
Israel has the highest number of personal computers per capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of university degrees per capita in the world.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people - as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US.
With more than 3,000 hightech companies and startups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world - apart from Silicon Valley.
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the United States.
Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of companies listed on NASDAQ.
Israel has the highest average living standard in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, exceeding that of the United Kingdom.
On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech startups.
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