Founded a year ago, AheadComputing is trying to prove there’s a better way to design computer chips. “AheadComputing is doing the biggest, baddest CPU in the world,” said Debbie Marr, the company’s CEO. “And that’s definitely what I would describe their approach.”Silicon Forest’s new growthAt Intel, AheadComputing’s founders were accustomed to working with cutting-edge manufacturing tools and enormous research labs. The cutting edge became increasingly tenuous, though, as the features on computer chips approached the atomic scale. But new players could help keep Oregon in the game as the semiconductor industry evolves.