An updated version of the Silicon Forest Universe poster is now available.

894 technology companies are showcased on the Silicon Forest Universe 2.0, a joint project of Virginia Tech University and Portland State University’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies.
 
The poster is a result of research conducted last fall by Dr. Heike Mayer of Virginia Tech's National Capital Region Urban Affairs and Planning Program. Dr. Mayer’s research examined and visualized high-tech firms in the Willamette Valley region, using data gathered from an online survey of technology firms.

In contrast to the 2003 version, the new poster shows not only existing firms, but also firms that have ceased operations. It highlights the genealogy of 894 companies, venture capital firms, and other support organizations. The new poster was designed by Stuart Armstrong.

“Portland’s Silicon Forest has grown and matured. Numerous firms emerged as spinoffs from Tektronix and Intel and the poster illustrates the evolution of the Forest. The updated poster shows that there are fewer startups from Tektronix and from Intel. It seems that these firms started the emergence of Portland as a high-tech region but that they are not the economic engines anymore,” said Mayer, who has similar projects focusing on Boise, Phoenix, Kansas City and Washington’s Puget Sound region.

The poster is 24 x 36 and available for $15, including shipping and handling. To order a copy, please click here.

(Note: Cubic Compass is located in quadrant L13; a direct descendant of the Corillian cluster with a gravitational orbit around the Tektronix center of influence)