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.

Dialog Semiconductor Selected by AST & Science as the Preferred Supplier for Advanced Communication Custom ICs

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of battery and power management, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) and Industrial edge computing solutions today announced that AST & Science, LLC, a satellite company that is disruptively transforming satellite broadband access, has selected Dialog to develop four custom mixed-signal & RF ASICs for their SpaceMobile network.

ZEISS, TRUMPF and Fraunhofer Research Team Awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2020 for the Development of EUV Lithography

The German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced the winners of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2020 (German Future Prize 2020) in a ceremony in Berlin today.

Microlight3D Unveils Smart Print-UV, a New Maskless Lithography System Equipped With UV Light

Microlight3D, a specialty manufacturer of high-resolution micro-scale 2D & 3D printing systems for industrial and scientific applications, today unveils Smart Print-UV (SP-UV), a new maskless lithography system equipped with a UV light source.

Game Changer in Thermoelectric Materials Could Unlock Body-Heat Powered Personal Devices

A new University of Wollongong study overcomes a major challenge of thermoelectric materials, which can convert heat into electricity and vice versa, improving conversion efficiency by more than 60%.

STMicroelectronics and Advantest Collaborate on Advanced Automated Test Cell for IC Testing

Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation and STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced that they have jointly developed an advanced, fully-automated final-test cell system that improves overall equipment efficiency and quality in semiconductor test and packaging operations.

Intel Looks Ahead to Stacked Nano-Ribbon Transistors, Anti-Ferroelectric E-DRAM at IEDM

Thanks to Covid-19, IEDM goes virtual this year, over the weeks of December 5 – 18th. After scanning through the advance program, and the tipsheet, a couple of papers from Intel caught my eye, one on complementary stacked nanoribbon transistors, and the other detailing embedded DRAM using anti-ferroelectric (AFE) capacitors.

SEMI Applauds Launch of EU Pact for Skills to Mobilize 2 Billion Euro Investment in Microelectronics Talent

SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, today announced strong support for the Pact for Skills launched by European Commissioners Nicolas Schmit and Thierry Breton to help reskill and upskill Europe’s microelectronics industry talent in the coming years.

TechSearch International Examines HBM Growth and Package Options for HBM + Logic

The market for high bandwidth memory (HBM) is projected to grow 49% in wafers, including DRAM and logic layers, from 2020 to 2024.

proteanTecs CEO to Present Universal Chip Telemetry at the Taiwan Semiconductor Executive Summit (TSES)

proteanTecs, a developer of Deep Data solutions for electronics’ health and performance monitoring, will present at the Taiwan Semiconductor Executive Summit (TSES), taking place in Hsinchu on December 1-2, 2020.

Keysight Expands European Distribution Channel

Keysight Technologies, Inc., a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the addition of two new partners – Batronix and Batter Fly – to the company’s expanding European distribution network.