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.

EnSilica and Omni Design Collaborating on Multiple SoCs

Omni Design Technologies, a provider of high-performance, low-power mixed-signal Intellectual Property (IP) solutions, and EnSilica, a provider of custom ASIC design and supply solutions, today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement.

Groundbreaking Research Produces Record Levels of Strain in Single-Crystal Silicon

University of Surrey researchers have developed a single-step procedure to put single-crystal silicon under more strain than has been achieved before. The discovery, which has a patent pending, could be crucial to the future development of silicon photonics, which underpins the technologies behind the internet-of-things, and is currently constrained by the lack of cheap, efficient, and easily integrated optical emitters.

BrainChip Achieves Full Commercialization of its AKD1000 AIoT Chip with Availability of Mini PCIe Boards in High Volume

BrainChip Holdings Ltd, a provider of ultra-low power high performance artificial intelligence technology and the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI chips and IP, today announced that it has begun taking orders for the first commercially available Mini PCIe board leveraging its Akida advanced neural networking processor, rounding out its suite of AKD1000 offerings.

SEMICON Korea 2022 Hybrid To Highlight Talent, Sustainability, Smart Manufacturing and Chip Industry Growth Drivers

With the global semiconductor supply chain rapidly evolving to meet the increasing demands of digital transformation, the stage is set for SEMICON Korea 2022 Hybrid as 500 semiconductor companies from around the world gather February 9-11 at COEX in Seoul for the latest industry developments, trends and innovations.

2022 Semiconductor Materials Outlook: COVID-19 Pandemic Still Having Lasting Effects on All Materials

The COVID-19 pandemic has created strong demand for both logic and memory ICs to support continued Work from Home and School from Home, and as such demand is expected to increase despite expanding availability of virus vaccines.

Mycronic Receives Order for an SLX Mask Writer

Mycronic AB (publ) has received an order for an SLX mask writer from an existing customer in Asia. The order value is in the range of USD 4-6 million.

Chroma Acquisition of ESS for Further Expansion into Semiconductor Testing Market

Chroma ATE Inc. acquired 100 percent of the shares of Environmental Stress Systems, Inc. (ESS).

Seoul Semiconductor Proves the Effect of SunLike Lighting on Myopia Improvement

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a global optical semiconductor company, announced on the 17th that it has confirmed SunLike lighting’s effect on improving myopia, along with SERI_Singapore Eye Research Institute.

Electronic System Design Industry Logs 17% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in Q3 2021, ESD Alliance Reports

Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 17.1% year-over-year from $2,953.9 million to $3,458.1 million in Q3 2021, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report.

SEMI FlexTech Funds 5 New R&D Projects for Flexible Hybrid Electronics

SEMI FlexTech today announced more than $5 million in funding for five new research and development (R&D) projects aimed at flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) innovations for sensors, medical devices, automotive electronics and other consumer and industrial microelectronics products.