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.

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 13.2% Year-to-Year in January

Month-to-month sales tick up 1.0% worldwide during first month of 2021.

Engineering the Boundary Between 2D and 3D Materials

Cutting-edge microscope helps reveal ways to control the electronic properties of atomically thin materials.

Adapdix Appoints Jean Lau as CTO to Lead World-Class Edge AI Technology Team

Adapdix Corporation, the leader in EdgeOps automation software, today announced it has appointed Jean Lau as chief technology officer (CTO).

Class-D Amplifier for High-Definition Automotive Audio from STMicroelectronics Adds Diagnostics for Safety Alerting

The HFDA801A from STMicroelectronics is a high-resolution audio amplifier that is specifically designed for compact, cost-effective automotive applications.

SMART Global Holdings Completes the Acquisition of Cree LED

SMART Global Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Cree, Inc.’s Cree LED Products business unit.

Pumping Perovskites Into A Semiconductor Platform

Materials called perovskites can be more readily incorporated into silicon-based semiconducting platforms by using a microfluidic pumping technology developed at KAUST.

Precision, High-Voltage Bi-directional Current-Sense Amplifiers from STMicroelectronics Boost Robustness and Power Efficiency

STMicroelectronics has introduced three precision high-voltage bi-directional current-sense amplifiers that provide the extra convenience of a Shutdown pin to maximize energy savings.

SiPearl and Open-Silicon Research Collaborate to Accelerate Custom Silicon for HPC Applications

SiPearl, the company designing the high-performance, energy-efficient microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer and Open-Silicon Research, the India based entity of OpenFive, a leading provider of custom silicon solutions with differentiated IP, today announced a multi-year joint collaboration to enable expansive development of innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) applications.

Sony Announces Launch of New Low Power Cellular IoT Chipset for NB-IoT Networks – ALT1255

Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony), a leading provider of cellular IoT chipsets, announced the launch of the Altair ALT1255, a new low-power NB2 chipset. The ALT1255 is 5G ready, designed with an integrated SIM (iSIM), user MCU, rich application layer, and GSM/GPRS fallback modem.

Fujitsu and University of Toronto Researchers Develop Quantum-Inspired Technology to Optimize Radiation Treatment Plans for Brain Tumors and Other Diseases

Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) today announced the development of a technology for dramatically streamlining the creation of radiation treatment plans for Gamma Knife(1) radiosurgery, leveraging Fujitsu’s quantum-inspired computing technology, the Digital Annealer, which rapidly solves combinatorial optimization problems.