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.

Semtech Launches Upgraded LoRa Developer Portal

Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced the upgraded launch of the LoRa Developer Portal, which makes it easier for developers, regardless of experience level, to quickly build Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected with the LoRaWAN standard.

New Nanostructure Could Be the Key to Quantum Electronics

Using a completely new synthesis approach, nanostructures made of aluminium single crystals and the semiconductor germanium are jointly explored at TU Wien and CNRS-UGA Grenoble for future quantum technologies.

Contributing to Solve the Heat Concentration Problem in Power Semiconductors

In high-performance CPUs used in large servers and power semiconductors used in inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), as the integration density rises and the higher the power consumption becomes, the semiconductor package is also becoming smaller.

2021 IEDM to Unveil the Latest Advances in Semiconductors and Related Technologies

The foundational elements of digital technologies – semiconductors and other micro/nanoelectronic devices – have become indispensable to modern life, and the place to learn about cutting-edge research in the field is the 67th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, to be held December 11–15, 2021 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel.

AI Chipmaker Hailo Raises $136 Million to Expand Edge AI Solutions as Global Demand Surges

AI chipmaker Hailo today announced it has raised$136 million in a Series C funding round led by Poalim Equity and Gil Agmon.

Alif Semiconductor and Arm Announced Record-Breaking Power Efficiency Breakthrough for Edge Node AI/ML Workloads

Measurements on Alif’s Ensemble MCU show a 76x increase in power efficiency per inference for image classification vs. Cortex-M55 alone, and 800x uplift in performance as compared to previous generation Cortex-M CPU cores.

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Most Advanced 14nm EUV DDR5 DRAM

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s smallest, 14-nanometer (nm), DRAM based on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology.

xMEMS Announces World’s First True MEMS Speaker, Montara, Is Now in Production

xMEMS Labs today announced the production of the world’s first monolithic MEMS µspeaker, Montara. Working closely with TSMC, the semiconductor foundry, Montara has passed all required performance and reliability qualifications.

Engineers 3D-Print Personalized, Wireless Wearables That Never Need a Charge

The new devices, custom made to fit individuals, could mean massive improvements in the monitoring and treatment of diseases, the testing of new drugs and the ability to track personal health.

Aehr Receives $1.3 Million Order for FOX-NP Test & Burn-in Systems for Photonics Device Characterization and Product Qualification

Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, today announced it has received a $1.3 million order from a current customer for two FOX-NP systems, adding to their existing fleet to provide additional test capacity for new product engineering characterization and qualification of photonics devices.