At a glance
| Booth | S7330 |
| Country | US |
| Website | choosecolorado.com/colorado-semiconductor-ecosystem |
Company profile
State of Colorado is represented through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), which works with partners across the state to support a positive business climate, economic development, and sustainable job growth. OEDIT supports local and regional economic-development activities throughout Colorado with financial and technical assistance and promotes a statewide public-private approach to economic development. Its work includes monitoring economic conditions, strengthening regional economies, supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses, and expanding or attracting businesses to increase quality job creation. The office also works to retain existing jobs through responsive programs and a supportive business climate while maintaining a diverse economic base across the state. OEDIT positions Colorado in key industries including tourism, aerospace, bioscience, and renewable energy and links economic activity with statewide and regional development resources. For semiconductor companies and related technology organizations, this economic-development role provides a framework for connecting business expansion, public-private collaboration, technical resources, and Colorado's broader innovation ecosystem.
Exhibits
State of Colorado presents its electronics industry under the theme 'Where Capability Meets Components' and identifies semiconductor manufacturing, design, R&D, electronics, and supporting technology businesses as parts of the state's high-technology base. Colorado ranks ninth in the United States for total semiconductor facilities despite ranking 21st in population, and it hosts major fabrication facilities operated by Broadcom and Microchip together with InnovaFlex Foundry. The state also hosts substantial design and R&D centers for Intel, Micron, AMD, NVIDIA, Analog Devices, Western Digital, Qualcomm, and Infineon, and the same industry data places Colorado fifth in concentration of semiconductor design and R&D activity. Semiconductor supply-chain companies including Entegris, CoorsTek, and Forge Nano manufacture supplies, equipment, and materials in Colorado, while Cadence and Synopsis develop electronic-design-automation tools in the state. The semiconductor ecosystem is linked to research universities and federally funded laboratories, including the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines, the UCCS Microelectronics Research Laboratory, and National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder Labs. NIST Boulder Labs is identified as the lead for the CHIPS Metrology R&D Program, adding measurement research to a state ecosystem that also includes university computer and electrical-engineering programs and research infrastructure. Colorado's demand side includes aerospace and defense, cleantech, telecommunications, software, and bioscience industries that rely on semiconductors for communication, power control, computation, and other functions. Companies including Lockheed Martin, Solid Power, Apple, Google, and Pfizer are described as developing space vehicles, batteries, wireless technologies, AI, and pharmaceuticals in Colorado, creating additional requirements for advances in semiconductor solutions. In the broader electronics sector, Colorado cites a central geographic location and direct routes to Tokyo and Frankfurt as factors considered by electronics companies evaluating expansion or relocation. The state also emphasizes its concentration of technology workers and the role of global electronics companies and universities in developing electronics-engineering talent, with Colorado ranked fourth nationally for STEM occupations as a share of total employment in 2022. Colorado reported 2,198 electronics companies and 32,329 employees in 2022, along with $15 billion in annual sales and $9.8B in exported sales for the electronics industry in that year. Its electronics profile further reports two Colorado cities among the top 15 cities for tech jobs in 2023 and a number 10 national ranking among best states for electrical engineers in 2023. Together, the semiconductor and electronics ecosystem connects fabrication, foundry capacity, design and R&D centers, supply-chain manufacturing, EDA development, university research, federal laboratories, technology talent, and semiconductor-dependent industries within the state.
Capabilities and products
- financial and technical assistance for economic development
- support for entrepreneurs and small businesses
- business expansion and attraction support
- statewide public-private economic-development coordination