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.

SigmaSense Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran David French as CEO

SigmaSense, an emerging leader in DSP-based sensing systems, announced today that it has recruited veteran semiconductor industry executive David French as Chief Executive Officer to drive the next phase of growth for SigmaSense’s digital sensing products for real-world AI.

NC State to Lead Regional Semiconductor Innovation Hub

North Carolina State University has been awarded $39.4 million from the Department of Defense to serve as the leader of a regional innovation hub in wide bandgap semiconductors.

EdgeCortix Closes $20 Million in Additional Funding Round

EdgeCortix Inc., a Japan-based edge artificial intelligence (AI) fabless semiconductor development and design company today announced the closing of a $20 million (approximately ¥3 billion) funding round.

MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress 2023 to Spotlight Sensorization Driving Global Solutions

Industry visionaries and experts will gather November 6-8 at the MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress (MSEC 2023) at the WIGWAM Resort in Phoenix, Arizona for insights into the latest trends and innovations in sensorization.

Advantest Wins 2022 Best Supplier Award from ASE Holdings

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation today announced it has received a 2022 Best Supplier Award from longtime partner ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. at ASE Holdings’ annual Supplier Day.

UT’s Texas Institute for Electronics and Infleqtion Launch Quantum Manufacturing Center of Excellence

The University of Texas at Austin and Infleqtion, a global quantum technologies company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a new center of excellence for quantum manufacturing.

Kyocera Expands U.S.-Based Semiconductor Assembly Capabilities, Capacity, and Technology Investment

Company’s “one-stop solution” offers comprehensive onshore semiconductor packaging and OSAT services from 288,000sf facility in California.

Imec’s New SiGe BiCMOS Optical Receiver Achieves 200 Gigabits Per Second

At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) taking place in Glasgow this week, a team of researchers from IDLab, an imec research group at Ghent University, Belgium, presents an optical receiver achieving a gross data rate of 200 Gbps.

Innovation Space and Silicon Catalyst Establish Collaboration for Joint Incubation

The Innovation Space a not-for-profit innovation ecosystem – and one of the nation’s largest for science entrepreneurs – and Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, have established a collaboration to co-incubate early-stage science-based enterprises focused on advanced materials and other enabling technologies critical for the semiconductor industry.

2023 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting to Highlight Advances in Critical Semiconductor Technologies

The 2023 IEDM technical program, supporting the theme, “Devices for a Smart World Built Upon 60 Years of CMOS,” will consist of more than 225 presentations plus a full slate of panels, Focus Sessions, Tutorials, Short Courses, a career luncheon, supplier exhibit and IEEE/EDS award presentations.