Oregon's Semiconductor industry News

Cutbacks in the semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing industries were responsible for the highest number of job losses in Oregon in December. Cutbacks in these two industries numbered 1,500, according to a news release…

The Biden Administration yesterday (Monday) dashed all hopes of Oregon as the home of the world-first 300mm front-end semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging research facility. Instead, Arizona State University has won the…

Oregon has all but admitted defeat in its apparent failure to attract a CHIPS Act semiconductor research hub. With five days to go until legislation expired on December 31, Governor Tina Kotek announced the decision to drop plans to…

The chips are falling into place for Intel following yesterday’s announcement by the Commerce Department that the semiconductor manufacturer will receive the first $1 billion of CHIPS Act funding before the end of the year. Intel will…

Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductors is exploring a bid to buy part of Altera, Intel's programmable chip business. Bloomberg reported that the Hillsboro firm, Lattice, is seeking a private equity backer. Offer Being Considered for…

If Oregon is not selected as the last of three semiconductor research hubs, the state will lose hundreds of millions of federal investment dollars and suffer a major setback as an anchor state of the high-tech industry. On October 31 and…

Changes in the semiconductor industry are reflected in the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index as Nvidia replaces Intel after gaining over 170% this year, while Intel lost over half its value. Intel Falls Behind Nvidia…

Oregon may have lost out to New York and California in its bid for a semiconductor technology center funded by the CHIPS Act of 2022 but remains in contention for the prototype and packaging hub. Over the last two days, the Biden…

After posting a loss in excess of $1 billion in August, the chipmaker Intel said on Tuesday that 1,300 Oregon workers will receive notice this week that they will lose their jobs next month. The layoffs are one of the biggest rounds in…

Semiconductors do not need A-Class prime farmland to thrive is the nutshell reaction of agriculturalists opposed to the incorporation of 373 acres of farmland into the Portland urban growth boundary to allow for the establishment of a…