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{{Short description|Nickname for the cluster of high-tech companies near Portland, USA}}
{{About|an area in the northwestern United States|the district in Novosibirsk, Russia|Akademgorodok|the Portland sculpture|Silicon Forest (sculpture)}}
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[[File:Intel Ronler Acres Hillsboro Oregon.JPG|thumb|Intel's Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Oregon]]
'''Silicon Forest''' is a [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]] cluster of [[computing technology|high-tech]] companies located in the Portland metropolitan area in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]]. The term most frequently refers to the industrial corridor between [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] and [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] in northwest Oregon. The high-technology industry accounted for 19 percent of Oregon's economy in 2005, and the Silicon Forest name has been applied to the industry throughout the state in such places as [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]], and [[White City, Oregon|White City]]. Nevertheless, the name refers primarily to the Portland metropolitan area, where about 1,500 high-tech firms were located as of 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/silicon_forest/| title=Oregon Silicon Forest|date=July 24, 2024|work=The Oregon Encyclopedia| access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref>

The name is analogous to [[Silicon Valley]]. In the [[Portland metropolitan area|greater Portland]] area, these companies have traditionally specialized in hardware — specifically test-and-measurement equipment ([[Tektronix]]), computer chips ([[Intel]] and an array of smaller chip manufacturers), electronic displays ([[InFocus]], [[Planar Systems]] and [[Pixelworks]]) and printers ([[Hewlett-Packard|Hewlett-Packard Co]], [[Xerox]] and [[Epson]]). There is a small [[clean technology]] emphasis in the area.<ref name="cleantech">{{cite journal|last=Alpern|first=Peter|title=Portland Cultivates Future as Hub for Manufacturing Alternative Energy|journal=IndustryWeek|date=October 4, 2010|url=http://www.industryweek.com/articles/portland_cultivates_future_as_hub_for_manufacturing_alternative_energy_22925.aspx|access-date=November 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030033439/http://www.industryweek.com/articles/portland_cultivates_future_as_hub_for_manufacturing_alternative_energy_22925.aspx|archive-date=October 30, 2010}}</ref>