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, National Science Foundation and Schumer Announce New Workforce Development Collaborations

Formation of Northeast University Semiconductor Network and publication of Dear Colleague Letter reiterate shared commitment to building semiconductor workforce of the future.

AMD Launches First 5nm ASIC-based Media Accelerator Card

AMD today announced the AMD Alveo MA35D media accelerator featuring two 5nm, ASIC-based video processing units (VPUs) supporting the AV1 compression standard and purpose-built to power a new era of live interactive streaming services at scale.

Synopsys Accelerates First-Pass Silicon Success for Banias Labs’ Networking SoC

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Banias Labs achieved first-pass silicon success for its optical DSP SoC using Synopsys 112G Ethernet PHY IP and EDA Design Suite.

ROHM’s New 4ch/6ch LED Drivers for LCD Backlights Contribute to Lower Power Consumption in Medium to Large Automotive Displays

ROHM Semiconductor today announced new 4ch/6ch LED driver ICs (BD83A04EFV-M, BD83A14EFV-M, BD82A26MUF-M) designed for medium- to large-size automotive displays in car infotainment and instrument clusters.

Samsung Electronics and AMD Extend Strategic IP Licensing Agreement

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and AMD today announced they have signed a multi-year agreement extension to bring multiple generations of high-performance, ultra-low-power AMD Radeon graphics solutions to an expanded portfolio of Samsung Exynos SoCs.

Energy Harvesting PMIC from Nexperia Enables Environmentally Friendly Energy-Autonomous Low-Power Devices

Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, today announced an expansion to its range of Power ICs with Energy Harvesting solutions to simplify and enhance the performance of low-power internet of things (IoT) and other embedded applications.

Wise-integration & Powernet Team Up to Deliver Digitally Controlled, Compact, Energy-Efficient GaN Power Supply Systems

Wise-integration, a French pioneer in digital control of gallium nitride (GaN) power supplies and GaN ICs, and Powernet, a Korean power supply manufacturer, today announced an agreement to build compact and energy-efficient technology for power-supply applications that are currently limited to analog control.

Silanna UV Presents High Power 235nm far UVC LEDs Using New SPSL Technology

New technology that pushes the boundaries of far UVC LEDs to emit at shorter wavelengths, at higher power, and with longer lifetimes, will be presented by Silanna UV at the International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications (ICULTA) in Berlin, Germany from April 23 to 26, 2023.

Archer Materials Advances to Wafer-Scale Quantum Device Fabrication

Hundreds of quantum electronic devices and qubit materials prepared for testing, measurement, integration, and optimisation towards qubit control and readout.