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.

Micron Delivers Industry’s Fastest, Highest-Capacity HBM to Advance Generative AI Innovation

Micron Technology, Inc. today announced it has begun sampling the industry’s first 8-high 24GB HBM3 Gen2 memory with bandwidth greater than 1.2TB/s and pin speed over 9.2Gb/s, which is up to a 50% improvement over currently shipping HBM3 solutions.

Department of Commerce and Department of Defense Sign Memorandum of Agreement to Strengthen U.S. Defense Industrial Base

The United States Departments of Commerce (DoC) and Defense (DoD) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to expand collaboration to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor defense industrial base.

Growing Colorado’s Semiconductor Industry: Polis Administration Capturing Federal CHIPS and Science Act Funding for Colorado Jobs and Economy

Today, Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) announced the CHIPS Refundable Tax Credits Program to aid Colorado companies in securing federal funding available through the CHIPS and Science Act.

Tachyum Unveils Path to Sustainable Green Datacenters

Tachyum announced today the release of the white paper, “Tachyum Prodigy – Solution for Data Centers that are Hungry for Energy,” explaining how Prodigy, the world’s first Universal Processor, is ideally suited to help overcome increasingly excessive energy use in data centers.

Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Rise in Q2 2023, SEMI Reports

Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 2.0% quarter-over-quarter to 3,331 million square inches in the second quarter of 2023, down 10.1% from the 3,704 million square inches recorded during the same quarter last year.

A Nano Switchable Polar Column System that Allows High-Density Data Storage

Scientists have developed a new urea-based metal-free system that can improve data storage in device.

America Faces Significant Shortage of Tech Workers in Semiconductor Industry and Throughout U.S. Economy

An estimated 67,000 jobs for technicians, computer scientists, engineers in semiconductor industry—and 1.4 million such jobs across the U.S. economy—risk going unfilled by 2030, according to new SIA/Oxford Economics study.

The Government of Panama and US Announce New Partnership to Foster a Resilient Global Semiconductor Ecosystem

The Government of Panama announced yesterday that the United States has chosen Panama as one of a select few countries worldwide with which collaboration will be established to bolster the global semiconductor value chain, commonly known as CHIPS.

Intel Accelerates AI Development with Reference Kits

Intel now offers a set of 34 open source AI reference kits to the community, the result of a yearslong collaboration with Accenture.

Novel Thermal Sensor Could Help Drive Down the Heat

A robust, low-cost sensor can monitor heat flow in devices to improve efficiency.