Oregon's Semiconductor industry News

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…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has honed in on a parcel of 373 acres of farmland north of Hillsboro for the planned expansion of the urban growth boundary giving the state a chance of attracting a semiconductor research hub worth nearly $1…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek finds herself in a tightrope act between attracting millions of dollars to the state in federal funds for the expansion of the semiconductor research industry and irate conservationists hotly opposed to the…

Intel, Oregon's biggest corporate employer, has ambitious plans for growth and finding AI solutions. With global deals and significant federal financing channeled from the state in the form of CHIPS funding, the company seems to be…

Governor Tina Kotek is applying laser focus attention on Oregon in a bid to pursue the Biden Administration to choose Oregon as the home of its new $5 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC). The governor is sending a…

HILLSBORO, Ore. —  A first-of-its-kind cutting-edge tool developed at the Intel Research and Development (R&D) facility in Hillsboro is expected to advance the development of semiconductors while entrenching Intel and Oregon as industry…