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.

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.

Rapidus and Tenstorrent Partner to Accelerate Development of AI Edge Device Domain Based on 2nm Logic

Rapidus Corporation, a company involved in the research, development, design, manufacture, and sales of advanced logic semiconductors, today announced an agreement with Tenstorrent Inc., a next-generation computing company building computers for AI, to jointly develop semiconductor IP (design assets) in the field of AI edge devices based on 2nm logic semiconductors.

Cohu Launching Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inspection Capability

Cohu, Inc., a global supplier of equipment and services optimizing semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity, today announced the market introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inspection software, a new product offering as part of Cohu’s DI-Core analytics platform.

Silicon Wafer Supplier Okmetic Launches Terrace Free SOI Capability

Okmetic, the supplier of advanced silicon wafers for the manufacture of MEMS, sensor, RF and power devices, today announced the release of Terrace Free SOI capability for its 200 mm Bonded Silicon-On-Insulator BSOI and E-SOI wafers.

ALEDIA/France Invests in Additional nTact Coater

nTact announced the sale of a second slot-die-coating machine under controlled atmosphere to ramp up production for ALEDIA/France.

Professors from Purdue University and the University of Virginia to be Honored for Excellence in Semiconductor Research

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced the recipients of the 2023 University Research Awards.

Mouser Announces 2023 Winners of Create the Future Design Contest

Mouser Electronics, Inc. congratulates the winners of the 21st Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and innovators around the world to design the next great thing.

Technique Enables AI on Edge Devices to Keep Learning Over Time

With the PockEngine training method, machine-learning models can efficiently and continuously learn from user data on edge devices like smartphones.

Silicon Labs Expands MCU Platform with New 8-bit MCU family

Silicon Labs today announced the expansion of their microcontroller unit (MCU) development platform with a new family of 8-bit MCUs optimized for price and performance.