Silicon Forest

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Silicon Forest ( English " silicon forest"; chosen analogously to Silicon Valley ) is the nickname for a region in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington , in which numerous technology companies settled, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. These include the semiconductor manufacturer Intel , which operates four factories in Hillsboro with a total of 16,000 employees. Other companies with branches or factories in the Silicon Forest include Sun Microsystems , IBM , Hewlett-Packard , Xerox , Yahoo! , Mentor Graphics , Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, and Lam Research .

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  1. ↑ Suh, Elizabeth: Intel's impact on community helps other businesses thrive. In: The Oregonian , October 28, 2007.