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.

SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, Announces Its 2022 Fellows

This year, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomes 58 Members as new Fellows of the Society. They join their Fellow Member colleagues in being honored for their technical achievements, as well as for their service to the optics and photonics community and to SPIE.

Ductile-Regime Vibration Texturing: Create Structural Colors on Brittle Silicon

Structural coloration stemming from microstructure-induced light interference has been recognized as a promising surface colorizing technology, based on its potential in a wide array of applications, including high-definition displays, anti-counterfeiting, refractive index sensing, and photonic gas and vapor sensing.

Boston Semi Equipment Calibration Operations Receives ISO 17025 Certification

Boston Semi Equipment (BSE), a global semiconductor test cell automation company, announced today that its Penang, Malaysia calibration operation has passed its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 compliance audit.

Mauna Kea Semiconductors Raises $12.8 Million Pre-A+ Round, Launches Breakthrough Low Power Ultra-Wideband Product

Mauna Kea Semiconductors (MKSemi), a low power ultra-wideband (UWB) company, today announced the closing of Series Pre-A+ funding totaling $12.8 million led by Lightspeed China Partners with participation by marquee investors Qiming Venture and Ivy Capital.

NXP Ramps Flagship 4D Imaging Radar Chip to Production, Adds New Product Tailored for Fast-Growing L2+ Market

NXP Semiconductors has announced two updates to its industry leading automotive radar portfolio, now designed-in at 20 top global OEMs.

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 23.5% Year-to-Year in November; Industry Establishes Annual Record for Number of Semiconductors Sold

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $49.7 billion in the month of November 2021, an increase of 23.5% over the November 2020 total of $40.2 billion and 1.5% more than the October 2021 total of $49.0 billion.

The 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium on Technology & Circuits, Now Merged as a Single Event, Announces Call for Papers

Now in its 42nd year of delivering a unique convergence of technology and circuits for the microelectronics industry, the Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits will be merged into one Symposium to maximize the synergy across both domains.

3D Semiconductor Particles Offer 2D Properties

When it comes to creating next-generation electronics, two-dimensional semiconductors have a big edge. They’re faster, more powerful and more efficient. They’re also incredibly difficult to fabricate.

SK hynix Completes the First Phase of Intel NAND and SSD Business Acquisition

SK hynix Inc. today announced that it has completed the first phase of the transaction to acquire Intel’s NAND and solid-state drive (SSD) business.

Voyant Photonics Raises $15.4M in Series A Funding to Deliver 3D Sensing with its Chip-Scale LiDARs

Voyant Photonics announced that it raised $15.4M in Series A led by UP.Partners with participation of earlier investors LDV Capital and Contour Ventures.