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.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Welcomes This Year’s Röntgen Prize Winner Dr. Dasha Elena Nelidova

This year, the prestigious Röntgen Prize was awarded by the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) to biologist and medical doctor Dr Dasha Elena Nelidova.

CEOs of Chip, Auto, Medical Device, Tech, Telecom, Other Companies Call on Congress to Strengthen U.S. Semiconductor Research, Design, Manufacturing

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today applauded a letter sent this morning to congressional leaders by a broad coalition of 59 CEOs and senior executives urging swift action to fund the CHIPS for America Act and enact a strengthened version of the FABS Act to bolster U.S.-based semiconductor research, design, and manufacturing.

Microchip Continues Expansion of Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF Power Portfolio

Microchip Technology Inc. today announced a significant expansion of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) Radio Frequency (RF) power device portfolio with new MMICs and discrete transistors that cover frequencies up to 20 gigahertz (GHz).

IDC Forecasts Worldwide Quantum Computing Market to Grow to $8.6 Billion in 2027

International Data Corporation (IDC) today published its first forecast for the worldwide quantum computing market, projecting customer spend for quantum computing to grow from $412 million in 2020 to $8.6 billion in 2027.

xMEMS Announces Tomales, the World’s First Monolithic MEMS Tweeter for Smart Glasses and Extended Reality Headset Applications

xMEMS Labs today introduced Tomales, the world’s first monolithic MEMS tweeter µspeaker. Tomales’ top and side-firing package options and 1mm-thin profile simplify speaker placement and positioning to direct audio toward the ear in smart glasses and xR headset applications.

Toshiba Releases High Peak Output Current Photocouplers in Thin Packages for Driving IGBTs/MOSFETs Gates

Toshiba has introduced two photocouplers, “TLP5705H” and “TLP5702H,” housed in a thin SO6L package, for use as insulated gate drivers for small to medium capacity IGBTs/MOSFETs.

Keysight’s New Parallel Parametric Test System Delivers High Throughput and Cost-Effective Wafer Test

Keysight Technologies, Inc., a technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the new Keysight P9002A parallel parametric test system, which provides high throughput and cost effective wafer test to accelerate time-to-market in R&D and lower cost-of-test in manufacturing.

Hprobe Announces New Generation of Magnetic Test Head for Wafer Sort of MRAM in Mass Production

Hprobe, a provider of turnkey semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for magnetic devices, today announced a breakthrough magnetic test head revolutionizing MRAM Wafer Sort (WS).

Katana Graph and Intel Collaborate on Graph Analytics Python Library

Graph computing leader’s development of Python library and Metagraph plug-in expands opportunities for open core community and more impactful data insights.

Quantum Computers Getting Connected

Research team with participation of the University of Stuttgart succeeds in integrating color centers into nanophotonic silicon carbide structures.