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.

Dana Secures Capacity for Silicon Carbide Semiconductors through Long-term Supply Agreement with Semikron Danfoss

Dana Incorporated today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Semikron Danfoss, a manufacturer of power modules, to secure the supply of silicon-carbide semiconductors, which are designed to be scalable in multiple-chip formats.

Toshiba Develops SiC MOSFET with Embedded Schottky Barrier Diode that Delivers Low On-Resistance and High Reliability

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have developed an SiC metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) that arranges embedded Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) in a check pattern (check-pattern embedded SBD) to realize both low on-resistance and high reliability

MICLEDI Microdisplays Announces Formation of US Subsidiary MICLEDI USA Corp

MICLEDI Microdisplays, a technology company in the field of microLED displays for Augmented Reality (AR) glasses, today announced the establishment of a U.S. subsidiary.

ROHM Delivers the Industry’s Highest Rated Power Shunt Resistors in the 0508 Size

ROHM Semiconductor today announced they have developed the LTR10L series of wide terminal shunt resistors, optimized for a variety of applications in the automotive, industrial, and consumer sectors.

Congratulations to the 2022 Recipients of GSA’s Prestigious Annual Awards

Last night, the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) celebrated the achievements of remarkable individuals and exceptional semiconductor companies at its annual GSA Awards Ceremony gala.

How AI Found the Words to Kill Cancer Cells

Using new machine learning techniques, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF), in collaboration with a team at IBM Research, have developed a virtual molecular library of thousands of “command sentences” for cells, based on combinations of “words” that guided engineered immune cells to seek out and tirelessly kill cancer cells.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Announces Executive Leadership Transition

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited today announced that its Board of Directors approved a leadership transition plan in which Dr. Mike Chang, currently Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, will serve as Executive Chairman of AOS, and he will transition the role of Chief Executive Officer to Mr. Stephen Chang, currently the President of AOS.

Electronic Fluorocarbons and Solvay Partner to Serve Semiconductor Industry

Solvay and Electronic Fluorocarbons (EFC) have agreed to an exclusive distribution partnership to provide Solvay products to North American semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers.

KLA Launches Revolutionary X-Ray Metrology System

Today, KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the launch of the revolutionary Axion T2000 X-ray metrology system for advanced memory chip manufacturers.

CEA-Leti Shares the Path Towards Full Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing In Plenary Talk at IEDM 2022

CEA-Leti presented three papers at IEDM 2022 detailing its recent advances and future challenges in quantum computing using Si-based qubit devices with FDSOI technologies.