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.

Analog Piezoelectric Voice Accelerometer From Vesper Enables “High Fidelity Voice Pickup” in Small Hearable Devices

Vesper, a global MEMS supplier of the most advanced piezoelectric sensors, today introduced the VA1200, the world’s first analog piezoelectric voice accelerometer (a.k.a. bone conduction sensor).

Samco Sets Up Demonstration Equipment to Reinforce its Expansion in the European Compound Semi Market

Samco, a manufacturer of plasma processing equipment for the compound semiconductor industry, announced that it has installed a plasma etch system and a UV ozone cleaning system for demonstration at samco-ucp ltd., Samco’s European subsidiary, in Liechtenstein.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Presents Extension to DigiLine series

For more than 20 years now, Pfeiffer Vacuum’s portfolio has included its comprehensive DigiLine range of digital total vacuum pressure gauges, which can be modularly adapted to suit any industrial vacuum application.

Sesh Announces Video AI Research Project with Professors at Leading US Business Schools

Sesh Corp (Sesh), the neuroscience-based people development company announces collaborative research study with Asst Prof. Jon M. Jachimowicz of Harvard Business School and Joyce He, an incoming Asst Prof at UCLA Anderson School of Management.

White House Chip Summit Builds Momentum for Federal Investments in U.S. Chip Manufacturing and Research

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from President and CEO John Neuffer regarding today’s meeting at the White House between Biden Administration officials and leaders from the semiconductor industry and other sectors to discuss the global chip shortage, President Biden’s infrastructure plan, and other issues related to the semiconductor supply chain.

Study Could Lead to Production of More Efficient Optoelectronic Devices

Resonant-tunneling diodes are used in high-frequency oscillators, wave emitters and detectors, logic gates, photodetectors, and optoelectronic circuits. The study was a collaboration between Brazilian and German researchers.

First Automotive-Qualified, Single-Chip Solution for Large, Ultrawide Touch Displays now Available

To better meet the need for safe, intuitive and easy-to-use user interfaces within automotive vehicles, designers are continuing to consolidate the vehicle’s cluster, center stack and co-driver displays into very wide screens.

CEA-Leti Announces EU Project to Mimic Multi-Timescale Processing of Biological Neural Systems

CEA-Leti announced today the launch of an EU project to develop a novel class of algorithms, devices and circuits that reproduce multi-timescale processing of biological neural systems.

SEMI Appoints imec and Soitec Executives as Chairs of SEMI Europe Advisory Board

SEMI today announced the appointments of Luc Van den hove, president and CEO of imec, as chair and Paul Boudre, CEO of Soitec, as vice chair of the SEMI Europe Advisory Board.

Protect Valuable Drive Technology with Pfannenberg Thermal Management and Filter Technology

Pfannenberg, Inc., a global manufacturer of thermal management technologies, announces that it is possible to protect valuable investments in drive technology through the use of thermal management and filter products.