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.

Heraeus Announces Merger

Heraeus is combining the high-performance materials expertise of Heraeus Conamic and Heraeus Comvance into a new operating company: Heraeus Covantics.

Archer Improves Quantum Carbon Film Material

Archer has improved the electron spin lifetime and sample-to-sample repeatability and uniformity for its manufacturable quantum carbon film.

Imec Announces Breakthrough in Electrically Pumped Nano-Ridge Lasers on Silicon

Imec has announced a significant milestone in silicon photonics with the successful demonstration of electrically-driven GaAs-based multi-quantum-well nano-ridge laser diodes fully, monolithically fabricated on 300mm silicon wafers in its CMOS pilot prototyping line.

Sivers Semiconductors Wins a Major Chip Development Program with Leading Tier-1 Telecom Infrastructure Vendor

The $5.4M program will support the development of a next-generation highly-integrated beamforming transceiver for a variety of mmWave telecom applications

Graphene Breakthrough: SEOULTECH’s Laser Technology Unveils Damage-Free Ultrathin Flexible Displays

A new graphene-assisted laser lift-off method keeps ultrathin displays flawless and ready for wearable technology.

Advantest Forms Strategic Partnerships with FormFactor and Technoprobe

Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation announced that it has entered into small minority investments and partnership agreements with both Technoprobe SpA and FormFactor, Inc.

Renesas Introduces New MOSFETs with Exceptional Performance

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced new 100V high-power N-Channel MOSFETs that deliver industry-leading high-current switching performance for applications such as motor control, battery management systems, power management and charging.

NoMIS Power Advances to Phase 2 in American-Made Silicon Carbide Packaging Prize

Prestigious U.S. Department of Energy award will advance the state of the art in semiconductor packaging.

Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub Awarded $37.25 Million in Federal Funding

Funds will help the 200+ member organization scale programs focused on supporting workforce development and advancing microelectronics innovation and growth.

Physik Instrumente Welcomes Beate van Loo-Born as Chief Financial Officer

The PI Group announced that as of January 1, 2025, Beate van Loo-Born has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).