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.

NXP Semiconductors and MOTER Technologies Join Forces to Extend Connected Vehicle Insurance Opportunities

NXP Semiconductors N.V. and MOTER Technologies have announced a secure data exchange platform that links deep data from connected vehicles to the insurance industry to power data science solutions for risk assessment, cost modeling, and more.

GlobalFoundries Plans to Build New Fab in Upstate New York in Private-Public Partnership to Support U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing

GlobalFoundries (GF) today announced its expansion plans for its most advanced manufacturing facility in upstate New York over the coming years.

Scientists Take First Snapshots of Ultrafast Switching in a Quantum Electronic Device

They discover a short-lived state that could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computing devices.

Taiwan Maintains Edge as Largest Base for IC Wafer Capacity

As a percent of worldwide total, China achieves largest increase in fab capacity at expense of all other regions, but still trails Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan in installed capacity.

Renesas Announces Schedule of Yamaguchi Factory Consolidation

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has decided to consolidate the Yamaguchi Factory (Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture) of its wholly owned subsidiary, Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. at the end of June 2022.

Aehr Receives $10.8 Million Order for Production Test and Burn-in of Silicon Carbide Power Semiconductors for Electric Vehicles

Aehr Test Systems today announced it has received a $10.8 million single purchase order from its lead silicon carbide test and burn-in customer for multiple FOX-XP systems and full sets of WaferPak Contactors to meet their increased production capacity needs.

STMicroelectronics Introduces New RF LDMOS Power Transistors

STMicroelectronics is adding a broad range of new devices to the STPOWER family of LDMOS transistors, which comprises three different product series optimized for RF power amplifiers (PAs) in a variety of commercial and industrial applications.

Navitas and Xiaomi Team Up for the Third Time

Navitas Semiconductor, a developer of gallium nitride (GaN) power ICs, announced that Xiaomi has launched their third GaNFast charger, a 65W dual-output fast charger.

Rising Automotive Sector to Propel Semiconductor Assembly and Testing Services Presents Opportunities

The semiconductor assembly and testing services market was valued at US$ 50,223.8 million in 2020 and is projected to reach US$ 71,784.6 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.56% from 2020 to 2028.

Future Information Technologies: Topological Materials for Ultrafast Spintronics

A team led by HZB physicist Dr. Jaime Sánchez-Barriga has gained new insights into the ultrafast response of topological states of matter to femtosecond laser excitation.