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.

GlobalFoundries Enhances Technology Platforms to Enable Critical Applications for Next Generation Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

At its annual Technology Summit beginning today, GlobalFoundries (GF) (Nasdaq: GFS), announced advancements for two of its technology platforms that will support the growing demand for the technologies needed for autonomous, connected and electrified vehicles.

Texas Instruments’ New Manufacturing Plant in North Texas Becomes the First Semiconductor Factory in the United States to Achieve LEED Gold Version 4

Texas Instruments today announced its new 300mm semiconductor wafer fab in Richardson, Texas, RFAB2, achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification under version 4.

EV Group Hybrid Bonding and Nanoimprint Lithography Solutions to be Highlighted at SEMICON Taiwan 2023

Papers to highlight breakthrough capabilities of EVG’s hybrid bonding and metrology solutions for heterogeneous integration, and NIL solutions for meta-optics and AR waveguide manufacturing.

GlobalFoundries Announces 9SW RFSOI Technology for Next-Generation Mobile and 5G Applications

At its annual Technology Summit beginning today, GlobalFoundries announced advancements in the industry’s first RFSOI foundry solution manufactured on 300mm wafers.

Vietnam Business Summit 2023: Paving the Way for Vietnam’s Semiconductor Industry Growth

Key semiconductor industry players and stakeholders including partners, government agencies, and academia will gather September 28-29 in Hanoi for the Vietnam Business Summit to highlight growth opportunities in Vietnam’s chip industry and across the Southeast Asia electronics ecosystem. 

Transistor Measures Glucose in Saliva

A prototype sensor that measures glucose levels in saliva could eventually offer a simple, rapid and painless way for people to monitor their diabetes, according to the KAUST researchers behind the technology.

BrainChip Receives First Shipment of AKD1500 Chips in Silicon from Technology Partner GlobalFoundries

BrainChip Holdings Ltd, the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI IP, announced today that it has received its first shipment of AKD1500 chips in silicon from GlobalFoundries to advance the company’s IP into the next phase of development.

GlobalFoundries Unveils Key Innovations at Technology Summit 2023

At its annual Technology Summit beginning today, GlobalFoundries is spotlighting its differentiated technology advancements that are enabling more efficient deployment of power, more seamless connectivity and more intelligence that is driving innovation and enabling transformative products in the world’s most critical markets.

Advanced SAM Validates Integrity of Electrostatic Chucks

Scanning Acoustic Microscopy provides superior inspection of sintered electrostatic chucks used to handle wafers in semiconductor fabrication by detecting minuscule defects within multiple layers of material.

Wooptix Closes $11M Series B Financing Round

Wooptix SL, a company based in Tenerife, Madrid and San Francisco, has announced the signing of a 10-million-dollar Series B financing round.