Silicon Forest
The Silicon Forest is a nickname for the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon. Like the Silicon Valley, it refers to the cluster of high tech companies present there. In Portland, these companies specialize in
and related areas.
The high-tech industry in the Portland area dates back to at least the 1940s, with Tektronix and Electro Scientific Industries as pioneers. These two companies, and later Intel, led to the creation of a number of spin-offs or start-ups, some of which were remarkably successful. However with the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2000, the region has been marked by high unemployment in the computer industry.
Companies and subsidiaries
The following is a partial list of past and present companies founded in the Silicon Forest or which have a major subsidiary located there:
