Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that it has made a technology breakthrough, producing the industry's first gallium nitride (GaN) transistors using GaN-on-diamond wafers. The company said the technology will allow n...

Portland-based ESI, the developer of laser-based equipment for the electronics industry, announced this morning that it has acquired the Semiconductor Systems business of GSI Group. GSI's Semiconductor Systems business is based in Bedford, ...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, and Hillsboro-based Lattice Semiconductor have settled a patent dispute between the two companies, saying this morning that Lattice will become a licensee of segments of IV's patent portfolio. Financial...

The University of Washington has a new, high tech RF and microwave teaching laboratory--thanks to a donation from test equipment provider Agilent, the two said this morning. According to Agilent and the school, the two have built a high tec...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems said today that it has old off its electroluminescent (EL) display business, to Beneq Oy. The deal is worth $6.5M, split between $3.9M in cash and $2.6M in a promissory note. Planar also said the deal ...

Is Amazon.com about to buy the mobile chips unit of Texas Instruments? That's the rumor being widely reported today, based on an article from an Israeli business news provider, which says that the chips in question are the ones being used b...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based embedded wireless products firm Radisys said Monday that it has named Brian Bronson as its new President and CEO, replacing Michael Dagenais, who the firm said has left the firm, as well as its board. Bronson was mos...

Bellevue-based patent storehouse Intellectual Ventures has reached a settlement with two companies, SK hynix and Elpida Memory, the company said Monday. Financial details of the settlement were not disclosed. Intellectual Ventures had sued ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RF semiconductor maker TriQuint Semiconductor reported a win with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today, saying that it has received a $2.7M contract. The contract is part of a gallium nitride (...

Redmond-based miniature projection display technology developer MicroVision said this morning that its CFO, Jeff Wilson, has resigned. The publicly traded firm did not say why Wilson is resigning, but did say that he will remain with the fi...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RF semiconductor maker TriQuint Semiconductor is taking aim at the next generation 3G / 4G smartphone market with a new product, the company said today. The firm said its new Multi-band, Multi-mode Power Amplifier (M...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation software provider Mentor Graphics is supplying Fujitsu Semiconductor with its HyperLynx Signal Integrity (SI) product, the firm said Thursday evening. Mentor said Fujitsu is using the s...

Redmond-based miniature projection display technology developer MicroVision has inked a partnership with analog and mixed signal semiconductor firm Intersil, the two said today. According to the two, they will partner on the development of ...

Cray, the supercomputer maker which is based in Seattle, said yesterday that it has tied its upcoming, next generation supercomputer--codenamed "Cascade"--into graphical processing unit (GPU) chips from NVIDIA. The firm said that NVIDIA's T...

SiOnyx, a developer of CMOS imaging sensors being applied to night vision and other systems, reported yesterday that it has scored a strategic round from In-Q-Tel. The firm, which has significant operations in Beaverton, Oregon, did not dis...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said Wednesday afternoon that it has named Roderick Nelson as a new, independent director at the RF IC provider. Nelson is at consulting practice Tritech Sales and SErvice, having previously se...

Seattle-based Impinj, which makes RFID semiconductors, has dropped its plans for an IPO, according to a filing with the SEC Thursday. Impinj said that is is requesting the withdrawal because it "does not intend to pursue the contemplated pu...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of computer aided design software, is investing $825,000 in Portland State University, to help students study integrated circuit design. According to Portland State University, the in...

Vulcan Capital has backed Sand 9, a developer of MEMS-based, precision timing products, as a major participant in that firm's latest financing round. Sand 9, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., said it raised $23M in a Series C funding roun...

Seatle-based Cray, the developer of supercomputers, said today that its next general, "Cascade" supercomputer will be available with Intel's new Xeon Phi coprocessors. Cray said its supercomputer, expected to be available in the first half ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design software firm Mentor Graphics said this morning that semiconductor foundry GLOBALFOUNDRIES is working with the firm on a 20nm, manufacturing process. According to the firm, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is usin...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Radisys, which develops embedded wireless software and products, has linked with semiconductor maker Mindspeed on an effort to enable small cells. The two said they are working together to showcase eNodeB small cell ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation (EDA) software provider Mentor Graphics reported a trio of wins with customers today. Mentor announced the three wins separately, saying that GLOBALFOUNDRIES, TowerJazz, and Semiconduct...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, and analog semiconductor and components firm Avago Technologies Limited have settled a series of patent lawsuits filed by the companies against each other, the companies said this week. Financ...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent licensing behemoth run by Nathan Mhyrvold, has signed another major deal with a semiconductor maker. According to a regulatory filing from Cypress Semiconductor, it will receive a license to ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that it has been selected for a $12.3M contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). TriQuint said that it is leading a program focused on ultra-fast gallium nit...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL). According to the firm, the agreement calls for exploration and fabri...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, the supplier of RF semiconductors, reported today that it has opened up a new, international headquarters in Singapore. The firm said the new facility will service most of its international cu...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, reported today that Samsung Electronics and Mentor have completed a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) sign-off reference solution, support...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of semiconductor design tools, reported today that Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited has expanded its use of the firm's Calibre design tool, for advanced IC physical verification and desi...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor reports this morning that it has begun work on Phase II of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, which has been worth $12.67M so far to the company. The firm said it has ...

Tualatin, Oregon-basd Ichor Systems, a designer and manufacturer of process tools and gas and chemical delivery modules for capital equipment manufacturers, has been acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation (EDA) software firm Mentor Graphics said this morning that it has launched a tied together its thermal characterization and simulation software with its hardware test products. Accordin...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor announced this morning that it is acquiring SiliconBlue Technologies, a developer of FPGA-based, mobile chipsets. Lattice said it will pay approximately $62M in cash for SiliconBlue. Lattice sai...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said this morning that it has upgraded its FloEFD computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation product. The application--which is used to simulate radiation, combustion and hypersonic flows in prod...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based ,a href="http://www.triquint.com">TriQuint Semiconductor, the developer of RF chips, reported today that it has been chosen by ZTE for a design. TriQuint said ZTE is using its power amplifier modules in a line of sma...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software and tools, reported today that it has been recognized by semiconductor founder TSMC. Mentor said TSMC awarded it "Partner of the Year" for its...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Triquint Semiconductor, which developer radio frequency (RF) products for the communications, defense, and aerospace markets, reported this morning that it has scored an award from one of its customers. The firm said...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software and hardware, reports today that telecommunications equipment maker ZTE has adopted its Mentor Veloce product, for a system-on-a-chip (SoC) ve...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, reports today that it has linked with Freescale Semiconductor on an automotive chip effort. Mentor said it will provide its embedded Linux...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint, the developer of RF and other semiconductors, reports today that it has been recognized for its environmental management system and green business practices by its partner Huawei. TriQuint said it has recei...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of semiconductor design tools and other related software for electronics design, has signed on Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe, to support Fujitsu's FM3 Cortex-M3 microcontrollers and ha...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software, has scored a win with semiconductor maker Freescale Semiconductor. Freescale said today that it has selected Mentor to develop software for i...

Integrated Device Technology, a Silicon Valley-based developer of mixed signal semiconductors, reported today that it is planning to sell its Hillsboro, Oregon wafer fabrication facility to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. IDT said the deal i...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of EDA software, said today that it has linked with GLOBALFOUNDRIES, tapping technology from the firm to improve IC yields capabilities of its software. Mentor said that it has applie...

Burbaby, BC-based Teradici, a developer of chipsets which enable the remote control of PC equipment over a network, has raised $15M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Details on the new round have not ye...

Vancouver, Washington-based nLight, a developer of high power, semiconductor lasers, said last week that it has raised $17.5M in a Series E financing round. The round brings the company's total raised to around $110M. nLight said the fundin...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Northwest Logic, a developer of IP semiconductor cores, said today with its partner Avery Design Systems that the two have fully verified and deployed Northwest Logic's Expresso 3.0 solutions for PCI Express. Northwe...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software, said today that it has launched a new professional services offering aimed at hardware companies. The firm said its has launched a new Mentor...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent storehouse run by Nathan Myrhvold, has filed another patent infringement lawsuit, this time against a number of electronics companies. The firm, in Intellectual Venturs I LLC et al. v. Hynix ...

Bellevue-based eMagin Corporation, a developer of microdisplays and other imaging technology, reported today that it has scored a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The firm said the grant, worth $1.3M over three years, is part of a ...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, which develops manufacturing hardware for the semiconductor industry, has scored a $24M win against a Taiwanese equipment manufacturer, the firm said today. ESI said it won $24M (NT $700,000,000...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor announced otday that it has rolled out a new set of base station RF integrated circuits specifically targeted at 3G and 4G wireless equipment, including base transceiver stations, repeaters, bo...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent storehouse headed by Nathan Myrhvold, said today that it has inked an property license agreement with semiconductor maker Micron. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The two sai...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corp. said Thursday that, based on preliminary estimates from its proxy solicitor, three of Carl Icahn's nominees to the firm's board have been elected to its board. Icahn has been aggressively purs...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics is campaigning against a hostile bid by Carl Icahn, saying today in an "Open Letter To Shareholders" that it Icahn's plans to take over the company "could serious harm your company." Mentor's board ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation software, said today that it has launched a new product for electronics simulation. The firm said the new Eldo Premier tool is one of the industry's fa...

Bellevue-based eMagin, a developer and manufacturer of active matrix, OLED microdisplays, said today that it has named Jerome T. Carollo as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Carollo joins from Intevac Vision Systems, and also has...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based NexPlanar, a provider of technology for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, has raised $10.1M, part of a new $10.5M funding round for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. Details...

Bellevue-based Physware, a developer of electromagnetic modeling software for the verification and design of chips, packages, and boards in the area of microprocessor, memory, and other electronic designs, has raised $6.9M in new funding, a...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, which develops integrated circuit analysis software, claimed today that evaluations at Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. show that its Tessent YieldInsight tool can cut the time required to find the cause...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of semiconductor design software, said today that it has launched a new product, Calibre RealTime, used for physical verification of ICs during design creation. The firm said the new ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said this morning that its has been chosen by Circuits Multi-Projects (CMP) as its Gallium Arsenide foundry services partner. CMP is a nonprofit which helps organizations access commercial foun...

Portland-based Elemental Technologies, which is developing parallel processing products for the video market which use graphical processing units (GPUs) to offload processing, said this morning that it is now supporting Intel's second gener...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, which developer RF front ends for the communications market, said this week that it has scored a design win with Samsung. TriQuint said that Samsung is using its complete 3G RF front end for i...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor reported today that it has received a new, $17.5M manufacturing development contract, from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. TriQuint said the award, made as part of a Defense Production ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Avnera, a developer of low power semiconductors for the wireless audio and video market, has raised $10M in a equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disc...

Portland-based Lynguent, a designer of software used to simulate analog and mixed signal IC designs, said last night that it has added Jack Saltich to its advisory board. Saltich is interim CEO and chairman of the board of Vitex Systems, an...

Portland-based Lynguent, a developer of simulation software for the analog and mixed signal integrated circuit market, said late Monday that it has added Erroll Moore to its board of directors. Moore is currently Corporate Vice president an...

Microsoft has acquired Sunnyvale, California-based Canesta, a maker of CMOS 3-D sensors, Canesta said late Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Canesta said that Microsoft is buying its products, technology, intellectual p...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Maxtek Components Corporation, a provider of analog and mixed signal ASIC design, IC packaging, and other services, said today that it has been renamed Tektronix Component Solutions. The firm said the name change com...

Chip giant Intel said Tuesday that it is planning to spend $6 to $8 billion in building manufacturing plans, including funding the firm's new development fab in Oregon. According to Intel, the investment will create around 6,000 to 8,000 co...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, a maker of laser manufacturing systems used by the semiconductor industry, reported today that it has received a high volme order from semiconductor firm Hynix Semiconductor. According to ESI, t...

Portland-based Lynguent, a provider of software simulation tools for analog and mixed signal semiconductors, said today that it has named Sam Young as its new President and CEO. Young joins the firm from Contour Semiconductor. Founder and f...

Silicon Valley-based Solaicx, a manufacturer of silicon wafers for the photovoltaic industry which operates its large scale production facility in Portland, Oregon, is now officially part of MEMC Electronics. The acquisition , worth $66M in...

Kirkland-based Impulse Accelerated Technologies, a developer of tools used by hardware designers to convert software into FPGA designs, announced today that it has linked with DRC Computer. The two firms said that Impulse's C-to-FPGA tools ...

Redmond-based Microvision, which develops miniature projection display products, announced today that it has received an $8.5M purchase order. The firm said the order was from a consumer electronics customer, who will be using its PicoP pro...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based NexPlanar, a developer of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads for the semiconductor industry, has raised $3.5M in a venture debt round, according to funding provider ATEL Ventures. According to ATEL, the fun...

SpectraWatt, the Intel spinoff which is manufacturing photovoltaic cells for the solar industry, said today that it has raised $41.4M in funding. The firm, which has operations in Hillsboro, Oregon, said the funding came from Cogentrix Ener...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor announced today that the firm has begun high volume production of new driver amplifiers at 40 and 100 Gb/s. The firm said the new components "significantly reduce" power consumption in high spe...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries said late last night that it is expanding its Singapore operations, and opened up a new Asia manufacturing and service plant in the country. ESI said the new facility will be used for manufacturi...

Seattle-based Vulcan Capital is re-upping its involvement in a Silicon Valley semiconductor firm, Audience, Audience announced today. Mountain View, California-based Audience, a developer of noise suppression semiconductors for the cell pho...

Redmond-based Microsoft said this morning that it has signed on Hillsboro-based Lattice Semiconductor as a customer for its Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 software. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Microsoft Dynamics AX is used b...

Hillsboro-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a developer of RF front end semiconductors, noted this morning that it has hit shipments of 100 million units of its flip chip interconnect technology, CuFlip. The firm said the biggest volume on the ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Cascade Microtech, a developer of electrical and mechanical test and measurement equipment for the semiconductor industry, announced today that it is in a strategic partnership with German semiconductor equipment pro...

Redmond-based Microvision announced this morning that it has expanded its board of directors, adding Perry Mulligan, an executive from storage networking firm Qlogic, to its board. Mulligan is current Senior Vice President, Operations for Q...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Avnera, a developer of systms-on-a-chip for the consumer electronics market, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series D funding round. The round came from Onkyo, as well as existing investors. The firm said Onk...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RF semiconductor firm Triquint Semiconductor is reporting this morning that it saw better than expected revenues in its fourth quarter, and is expecting approximately $190M in revenues. The estimate is up from a prev...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based EDA software provider Mentor Graphics has deployed its Calibre PERC tool at two customers, the firm announced this morning. The firm said its PERC (programmable electrical rule checker) software is being used by bo...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation software provider Mentor Graphics said this morning that it has signed on seminconductor provider Freescale Semiconductor as a customer. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corporation, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, said Wednesday that its products have been deployed at Canon's India Design Centre. Size of the win was not disclosed. Mentor...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Avnera, a developer of wireless semiconductors, has raised $8M in a financing deal, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. The filing ind...

Portland-based RF Arrays, a developer of semiconductors for the RF and Zigbee markets, has raised $6.5M in an equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Monday. Source of the new funding was not announced. The firm...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based EDA software provider Mentor Graphics is supplying it software to hearing aid manufacturer Widex, the firm reported today. Mentor said that Widex is using its analog and mixed signal simulator tools, as part of a d...

A Silicon Valley firm, ALLVIA, said Thursday that it has acquired a new manufacturing site in Hillsboro, and plans to put its facilities into operation in 2010. ALLVIA, a provider of TSV prototyping and volume production, said that it has a...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based EDA software provider Mentor Graphics has scored a win at semiconductor fab Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) the firm announced today. Mentor said TSMC has selected its Calibre physical verificatio...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor reports that it has scored $16.2M in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. According to TriQuint, the contract covers the creation of complex, high dynamic range circuit...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor reported late Thursday that it has acquired TriAccess Technologies, a developer of cable TV and fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) integrated circuits. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics announced earlier this week that the firm's products have been selected by Fujitsu Microelectronics Solutions Limited. According to Mentor, Fujitsu will use the firm's Catapult C Synthesis tool, as ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, said late Tuesday that the stockholders of LogicVision have approved the firm's acquisition of the firm. LogicVisoin is a developer of built...

Seattle-based Impinj, a developer of RFID technology, has scored a win with The Coca-Cola Company to provide the RFID chips behind Coca-Cola's new Freestyle beverage dispensing system. The system allows customers to order up to 100 differen...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Advanced Inquiry Systems announced this morning that it has raised $11M in a Series B financing round. The firm, which develops systems for lower-cost testing of semiconductor memory, said that investors included OVP...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics is helping an effort in Saudi Arabia to help the country's research into microelectronics, the company said Wednesday. According to Mentor Graphics and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Techno...

San Jose, California-based Integrated Device Technology (IDT), which said last week that it is shutting down its fab operations in Hillsboro, Oregon, has hired on an advisor to help it sell those facilities. According to ATREG, a division o...

San Jose, California-based Integrated Device Technology, a developer of a wide range of semiconductors for the computer and consumer electronics market, said Thursday that the firm will be shutting down production in the firm's Hillsboro, O...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation product provider Mentor Graphics has scored a win at networking hardware firm Hauwei, the firm said Wednesday. According to Mentor, Hauwei's HiSilicon ASIC design center will use the fi...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, which develops electronic design automation (EDA) software, disclosed Thursday that the firm has signed on a new distributor for its products in India. Mentor said that Trident Techlabs Pvt. Ltd wi...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries reports this morning that the firm has acquired the thin wafer dicing and TSV drilling intellectual property rights of Xsil, a provider of laser-machined tools for the MEMs and semiconductor pack...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a developer of software for semiconductor design verification, announced Tuesday that the firm has shipped a new, hardware-assisted product focused on verification of products for the Serial-ATA (S...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software for the semiconductor industry, said this week that it has signed a new San Francisco Bay area distributor for its product line. EDA Direc...

Woodinville, Washington-based Loctronix, a developer of outdoor positioning sensors for the mobile device market, announced Tuesday that it in an alliance with NEC Magnus Communication Co. Ltd in Japan. According to Loctronix, NEC will intr...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, a developer of laser and photonic systems for the microelectronics industry, said late Tuesday that it has acquired all of the intellectual property rights, and certain hardware and software com...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor is reporting that it has inked a $50M manufacturing deal with Chinese manufacturer ZTE Corporation. According to TriQuint, ZTE Corp. will procure components from TriQuint worth no less than $50...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronics hardware design applications publisher Mentor Graphics announced today that it has agreed to acquire LogicVision Inc. for some $13 million. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., LogicVision provides built-...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, which develops system verification and design software for the electronics market, said this week that NXP, the semiconductor spinoff of Philips NV, has selected the firm for system level verificat...

ON Semiconductor, said today that it is in a deal with LSI Corporation to establish a new line at its wafer fabrication facility in Gresham, Oregon. According to ON Semi, it is in an agreement with LSI to further expand its application spec...

Vancouver, Washington-based Isonics Semiconductor Group, a supplier of reclaimed silicon wafers, has been acquired by a Silicon Valley firm, WRS Materials. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to WRS, it has acquired Iso...

Beaverton, Ore.-based Ambric has officially been acquired by fabless semiconductor manufacturer Nethra Imaging of Santa Clara, Calif., Nethra announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ambric produces software-program...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said today that the firm has reached a milestone with a semiconductor firm on IC manufacturing test and yield analysis efforts. According to Mentor, it has released its test software as part of a ma...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics is supporting the newest field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from vendor Altera, the firm said today. Mentor said its Precision Synthesis products now support Altera's 40 nanometer Stratix IV GT ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a developer of radio frequency (RF) semiconductors, said this morning that the firm has fulfilled initial production orders for Northrop Grumman Corporation. According to TriQuint, the orders ...

Vancouver, Washington-based nLIGHT, a developer of high-power semiconductor lasers, said Monday that the firm has raised $10.7M in a new equity financing. The funding came from Oak Investment Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Menlo Ventu...

The technology and intellectual property behind defunct fabless semiconductor manufacturer MathStar Inc. is now ready for sale, an investment banking firm announced Monday. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., MathStar developed semiconductors...

Microprocessor giant Intel is shutting down its 200mm wafer fabrication facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, as part of a major move by the firm to consolidate its operations. Intel said late Wednesday that it will close four manufacturing and te...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries, a supplier of lasers for the microelectronics and semiconductor industry, said today that Zygo Corporation has notified the company that its board has withdrawn its recommendation in fav...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, which develops software and hardware for the semiconductor EDA market, said this morning that it has rolled out a new hardware emulator which it claims is the industry's largest. The device--which ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronic design automation software maker Mentor Graphics said Thursday that the firm has donated more than $20M in EDA software to a university in Romania. According to Mentor, it has donated the software to the...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries, a manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry, disclosed Tuesday in a filing with the SEC that the firm is cutting pay for its President and CEO and Vice Presidents. Accordi...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Ambric, a developer of semiconductors for parallel processing, said Tuesday that it has been unable to secure additional financing, and is suspending all operations. According to the firm, the only operations left at...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries and Connecticut-based Zygo Corporation said Thursday that the two firms will merge in an all-stock transaction. According to the firms, Zygo shareholders will receive 1.0233 shares of ESI stock f...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that the firm has scored a $4.5M contract with the Office of Naval Research. According to TriQuint, it has been chosen as a part of a 21-month contract to advance manufacturing metho...

LTX-Credence, a manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, disclosed in a filing Friday that it has approved a plan to terminate employees as part of the merger of LTX and Credence. Credence has a major presence in Hillsboro, Oregon, whe...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Cascade Microtech, a developer of equipment for measurement and test of integrated circuits, said Tuesday that it has reorganized the company. The firm said it has eliminated its divisions, and reorganized across fun...

Beaverton-based Ambric, a developer of RISC processors, announced Monday that it has teamed with Pixellexis Systems & Technologies on development of a JPEG2K codec. According to Ambric, Pixellexis is developing a video processing system usi...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based NexPlanar Corporation said late Thursday that it has completed a $14.5M round of funding for its semiconductor technology. The round was led by InterWest Partners, and included prior investors BlueRun Ventures, Smart...

Seattle-based Impinj said this morning that it has acquired Intel Corp's RFID operations, a developer of RFID reader chips. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Impinj said the acquisition of the Intel assets will further enhance...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI Company has launched a new line of scanning electron microscopes, the firm announced this morning. According to FEI, its new extreme high resolution scanning electron microscopes (XHR SEMs) that offer improved re...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a manufacturer of RF semiconductors, said Thursday that the firm has hired on Steven R. Grant as the firm's VP of Worldwide Operations. According to TriQuint, Grant joins the firm from Intel C...

Tualatin, Oregon-based semiconductor firm Pixelworks said today that it has received notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market that it has regained compliance for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market. The troubled semiconductor man...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI Company said today that it has selected Shimadzu Corporation to sell its systems in Japan. FEI, which is a manufacturer of scanning electronic microscopes (SEMs) and other electron microscopes, said that Shimadzu...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said this morning that it has been selected by STMicroelectronics. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Mentor Graphics said that its Calibre DFM (design for manufacturing) software has b...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that it has completed its acquisition of WJ Communications, a supplier of radio frequency (RF) products for the wireless infrastructure area. The deal, which was originally announced...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based semiconductor firm MathStar said Wednesday afternoon that it has decided to engage an investment banker to "explore strategic alternatives." The firm did not provide further detail in its efforts to find a buyer. The...

Teseda Corp., a publisher of silicon production testing and debugging software, announced Wednesday that it has closed a second round of venture financing after raising an undisclosed amount of funding. The Portland, Ore.-based business wel...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a developer of RF front-end semiconductors, said Monday that the firm's devices have begun shipping into a radar system being produced by Lockheed Martin Radar Systems. According to Triquint, ...

Tualatin, Oregon-based PixelWorks, a developer of video processing technology, said this morning that it is collaborating with Optoma Technology, a developer of digital projection systems on a 1080p home theater projector. Pixelworks said t...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based semiconductor design software marker Mentor Graphics Corp. said this morning that it has teamed with Agilent Technology to jointly develop a new integrated, mixed signal product for designing printed circuit boards...

Tualatin, Oregon-based video processing chip firm Pixelworks reported Thursday that the firm's CEO and President, Hans Olsen, will go on a temporary leave of absence starting in January due to a health issue. The firm said that Bruce A. Wal...

Portland, Oregon-based Teseda Corporation said Wednesday that the firm's semiconductor yield improvement tools have been selected by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed. Teseda develops scan-based diagnost...

Microchip Technology Inc., a manufacturer of microcontroller and analogy semiconductors, announced Tuesday that an undisclosed buyer has purchased its idle Fab 3 manufacturing plant in Puyallup, Washington, for $30 million. Microchip said t...

Portland, Oregon-based Teseda Corporation, a provider of products for the silicon production industry, said today that it has begun shipping a new yield enhancement tool, SecureXY. Teseda said that the tool enables the sharing and analysis ...

Portland, Oregon-based Teseda Corporation said Monday that it has shipped a software product for the high yield silicon production market. The new product, ScanXY , is used for locating test failures and other issues in semiconductor produc...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based semiconductor software firm Mentor Graphics said today that it has acquired another firm in the industry, Sierra Design Automation. Mentor said it will pay $90M in stock and cash for the company, a provider of hig...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said today that it has been selected by iVivity, a developer of I/O and application processors for the networking and storage space. iVivity will use the firm's 10/100/1000 Mbps and 10G IP cores for...

Seattle-based Impinj said Wednesday that it has raised another $19M in venture capital funding. The firm said the round came from AllianceBernstein, which led the round, as well as previous investors ARCH Venture Partners, GF Private Equity...

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Starbridge Systems, and Kirkland, Washington-based Impulse Accelerated Technologies said today that the two companies are collaborating on new tools for FPGA development. The two companies said they are integratin...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics has acquired Los Altos-based Summit Design, a maker of electronic design software, the firm said Tuesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Summit Design develops electronic sys...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Phoseon is reporting today that it has raised $1.3M in a convertible note, from its existing investors along with a new institutional investor. The funding came from Fluke Venture Partners, SmartForest Ventures, PacR...

Vancouver, Washington-based UMD Advanced Test Technologies, a semiconductor test equipment provider, and Arizona-based Antares conTech, a provider of sockets and connectors for the semiconductor industry have merged. The two companies said ...

Issaquah, Washington-based Applied Precision has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $57.5M in an IPo on the Nasdaq. Applied reported earnings of $275K on revenues of $45.7M in 2005; for its latest quarter, the...

Phoenix, Arizona-based ON Semiconductor is buying LSI Logic's Gresham, Oregon wafer fabrication facility in a $105M deal. ON Semiconductor (ONNN) said today that its subsidiary, Semiconductor Components Industries LLC will buy the facility,...