Shannon Davis

News and Web Editor

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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.

Texas Instruments Chairman Rich Templeton Elected Chair of Semiconductor Industry Association

SIA represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms.

Guidehouse Insights Estimates Global Market for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors in EVs and EV Supply Equipment Will Grow to More Than $37 Billion by 2032

A new report from Guidehouse Insights provides an overview of the market for wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors in EVs and EV supply equipment (EVSE).

Valens Semiconductor’s New USB3.2 Extension Solution Named as CES 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree

Valens Semiconductor today announced that it has been named a CES 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Embedded Technologies category.

Omdia: AI Demand Leads Semiconductor Revenue Growth, But Other Segments Improving, Too

The industry has now grown for a second straight quarter, after previously declining for five consecutive quarters.

Weebit Nano Receives Wafers Manufactured in GlobalFoundries’ 22FDX Process

Initial testing has begun on 22nm FD-SOI wafers with embedded Weebit ReRAM.

Gold Now Has a Golden Future in Revolutionizing Wearable Devices

A research team led by Professor Sei Kwang Hahn and Dr. Tae Yeon Kim from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) developed an integrated wearable sensor device that effectively measures and processes two bio-signals simultaneously.

Semiconductor Company Falcomm Raises $4M in Seed Funding

Falcomm, the semiconductor company providing ultra-efficient power amplifiers to the wireless communications market, announced that it has raised $4 million in seed funding and hired two industry leaders to accelerate the development of its next-generation Dual-Drive PA and expand its network of hardware manufacturers.

Meta and MediaTek Chipset Collaboration Will Move Augmented Reality Industry Forward, Says GlobalData

Following the news that MediaTek and Meta Reality Labs have announced an exclusive partnership to develop custom chips for augmented reality (AR) glasses; Anisha Bhatia, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offered these comments.

CHIPS for America Releases Vision for Approximately $3 Billion National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its vision to boost U.S. capabilities for advanced packaging, a key technology for manufacturing state-of-the-art semiconductors.

Omdia: Display Fab Utilization Is Set to Decrease to 70% in 4Q23 to Prevent Faster LCD TV Display Price Erosion

As demand and panel makers’ efforts on LCD panel price protection slows down, display fabs’ overall utilization are expected to drop below 70% in 4Q23, according to Omdia’s latest Display Production & Inventory Tracker.