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.

Skyworks Completes Acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive Business of Silicon Labs

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Infrastructure & Automotive business of Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Winbond and Synopsys Deliver Complete High-Density NAND Flash Memory Solution

Winbond Electronics today announced the successful interoperability of Synopsys’ DesignWare Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) IP and Winbond’s OctalNAND Flash Memory.

Cadence Extends Digital Design Leadership with ML-based Cerebrus

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced the delivery of the Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer, a new machine learning (ML)-based tool that automates and scales digital chip design.

Coalition Calls on Congress to Invest in Domestic Semiconductor Manufacturing, Research, Design

The SIA – along with a broad coalition of 19 other tech, auto, medical, defense, and other business and labor groups – today in a letter urged Congress to enact funding for the semiconductor manufacturing, research, and design initiatives

‘Wrapping’ Anodes in 3D Carbon Nanosheets: The Next Big Thing in Li-ion Battery Technology

Study finds that anchoring manganese selenide nanoparticles, an anode material, in 3D carbon nanosheets prevents their expansion in lithium-ion batteries.

New Framework Applies Machine Learning to Atomistic Modeling

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new framework using machine learning that improves the accuracy of interatomic potentials — the guiding rules describing how atoms interact — in new materials design.

Plasma-Therm ‘RANKED 1st’ in VLSI 2021 Survey for Etch & Clean Equipment

Plasma-Therm has once again been named the top supplier of etch and clean equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, according to the results of the 2021 VLSIresearch Customer Satisfaction Survey of worldwide semiconductor industry customers.

Rohinni Names Semiconductor Veteran Ryan Cameron CEO

On the heels of two recent technical milestones, Rohinni today announced its new CEO, Ryan Cameron, and that it’s moving its headquarters to Liberty Lake, Washington to increase the team’s engineering space.

Intel Elects Andrea Goldsmith to Board of Directors

Intel Corporation today announced that Andrea Goldsmith, dean of engineering and applied science and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Princeton University, was elected to Intel’s board of directors, effective Sept. 1, 2021.

Researchers Discover a ‘Layer Hall Effect’ in a 2D Topological Axion Antiferromagnet

Researchers have discovered a “layer” Hall effect in a solid state chip constructed of antiferromagnetic manganese bismuth telluride.