Xerox and Mentor Graphics are the city's two largest employers as of 2006, the only two to employ more than 1000 people.
VeriBest was ultimately acquired by Mentor Graphics in late 1999.
Mentor Graphics was one of the first companies to attract venture capital to Oregon.
The owners of Mentor Graphics, a software company, decided this week that they wanted to be heard on the subject.
He founded the company Mentor Graphics and has been involved with several other startup companies.
Upon leaving Mentor Graphics, he cited a desire "to do something else, something in public policy."
Mentor Graphics reported taping out 16 nm test chips in 2010.
Mentor Graphics said it would eliminate 100 to 200 jobs and freeze salaries through 1993.
That company was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2004.
Founded in 1992, it was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009.