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> relatively new to tech - Tektronix (now acquired), founded in Portland in 1946 - Intel, opened their largest center outside Santa Clara in 1974 + lots of com
by shas3 11y ago
> relatively new to tech
- Tektronix (now acquired), founded in Portland in 1946
- Intel, opened their largest center outside Santa Clara in 1974
+ lots of companies that have been acquired, etc.
It has been called the Silicon Forest at least since 1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Forest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Forest
- davidw 11y agoYou can find some tech stuff anywhere, but relatively speaking, there wasn't too much in Oregon until more recently. I grew up in Eugene.