CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Nickname for the cluster of high-tech companies near Portland, USA This article is about an area in Northwestern United States. For the district in Novosibirsk, Russia, see Akademgorodok . Intel's Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Oregon Silicon Forest is a nickname for the cluster of high-tech companies located in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon , and most frequently refers to the industrial corridor between Beaverton and Hillsboro in northwest Oregon. The name is analogous to Silicon Valley . In the 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 Syste...