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.

AI-based Automated Chip Development Firm Appoints Industry Veterans to Advisory Board

Celera Incorporated announced today the appointment of two industry veterans, William Portelli and Patrick Brockett, to its advisory board. Both accomplished professionals bring valuable domain expertise and industry networks to the Company at this time of significant platform and market expansion.

Excitons Form Superfluid in Certain 2D Combos

Mixing and matching computational models of 2D materials led scientists at Rice University to the realization that excitons — quasiparticles that exist when electrons and holes briefly bind — can be manipulated in new and useful ways.

Tredegar Surface Protection Expands Development Capabilities

Tredegar Surface Protection, an operating division of Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG) and a global leader in surface protection films, today announced that it has commissioned a state-of-the-art manufacturing line for developing innovative surface protection films.

Cadence Collaborates With TSMC and Microsoft to Reduce Semiconductor Design Timing Signoff Schedules With the Cloud

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the results of a three-way collaboration with TSMC and Microsoft focused on utilizing cloud infrastructure to reduce semiconductor design signoff schedules.

Taiwan Prepared for the Post-Covid-19 Era With Emerging Technologies

The Covid-19 pandemic spurs transformation of digital healthcare everywhere. To echo that trend, the Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan will bring together 300 technology giants and healthcare providers to exhibit healthcare-centred applications and solutions powered by AI, IoT, bio-sensor, 8K image tech and 5G to then ignite fresh ideas amongst those with desires to reinvent the way healthcare used to be delivered.

The Smallest Motor in the World

The smallest motor in the world – consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. “This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors,” explains Oliver Gröning, head of the Functional Surfaces Research Group at Empa.

Discovery of Graphene Switch

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that were suspended between two electrodes.

QuickLogic Announces Open Reconfigurable Computing Initiative

QuickLogic Corporation today announced its ground breaking QORC (QuickLogic Open Reconfigurable Computing) initiative, making it the first programmable logic vendor to actively embrace a fully open source suite of development tools for its FPGA devices and eFPGA technology.

2020 VLSI Symposia: Intel Showcases Intelligent Edge and Energy-Efficient Performance Research

This week at the 2020 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, Intel will present a body of research and technical perspectives on the computing transformation driven by data that is increasingly distributed across the core, edge and endpoints.

Dow Introduces Easy-to-Dispense Gap Filler with Strong Thermal Conductivity and Slump Resistance for Efficient Assembly

Dow introduced today new DOWSIL TC-4040 Dispensable Thermal Pad, a thermal interface material (TIM) that is easy to dispense, resists slumping and provides strong thermal conductivity, a key property in 5G designs with higher heat caused by greater power densities.