Shannon Davis

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Shannon, writes, edits and produces Semiconductor Digest’s news articles, email newsletters, blogs, webcasts, and social media posts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Huntington University in Huntington, IN. In addition to her years of freelance business reporting, Shannon has also worked in marketing and public relations in the renewable energy and healthcare industries.

Ansys Semiconductor Solutions Certified by TSMC for Reliable, Accurate Analysis of Evolving Chip Designs

Ansys today announced that PathFinder-SC is certified as a new ESD analysis solution for customers designing with TSMC’s N2 silicon process technology.

Sivers Semiconductors Announces Strategic OEM Partnership with O-Net Technologies

Sivers Semiconductors AB today announced a strategic partnership with O-Net Technologies to produce high-performance external laser sources, a critical component enabling next-generation AI data center architectures.  

Tokyo Electron and IBM Renew Collaboration for Advanced Semiconductor Technology

Today, IBM and Tokyo Electron (TEL) announced an extension of their agreement for the joint research and development of advanced semiconductor technologies.

Exploring AI’s Role in Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry: A Multi-Scale Perspective

As the chemical industry seeks sustainable transformation, decarbonization requires intelligent solutions across multiple scales to enhance efficiency and reduce emissions. A research team led by Professor Xiaonan Wang at Tsinghua University has systematically reviewed AI-driven multi-scale smart systems for decarbonizing this energy-intensive sector.

lowRISC and SCI Semiconductor Release Sunburst Chip Repository for Secure Microcontroller Development

Open source release accelerates path to market for commercial CHERIoT-based secure microcontrollers, supporting industry adoption and innovation.

Natcast Announces Dr. Craig Child as Director of the CHIPS for America EUV Accelerator

Industry veteran will lead Natcast on-site staff and enable NSTC Members and Natcast researchers to leverage state-of-the-art EUV technology in advancing innovation and U.S. economic and national security.

UMC Unveils New Fab Expansion in Singapore in Grand Opening Ceremony

New 22nm fab to be one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Singapore and is set to create approximately 700 new jobs.

Keysight Unveils Architecture for Scaling AI Data Centers

Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduces the Keysight Artificial Intelligence (KAI) architecture, a portfolio of end-to-end solutions designed to help customers scale artificial intelligence (AI) processing capacity in data centers by validating AI cluster components using real-world AI workload emulation.

Altera Starts Production Shipments of Industry’s Highest Memory Bandwidth FPGA

Altera Corporation today announced production shipments of its Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series, the industry’s first high-end, high-density FPGA to feature integrated high bandwidth memory and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory technologies

Completion of New Production Facility for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment in Kasado Area

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation announced that the new production facility for semiconductor manufacturing equipment was completed and started the operation on March 17, 2025.