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 5.8 Percent Year-to-Year in May; Annual Sales Projected to Increase 3.3 Percent in 2020, 6.2 Percent in 2021

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $35.0 billion in May 2020, an increase of 5.8 percent from the May 2019 total of $33.0 billion and 1.5 percent more than the April 2020 total of $34.4 billion.

CyberOptics Unveils WX3000 Metrology and Inspection System for Semiconductor Wafer-Level and Advanced Packaging at Virtual SEMICON West

CyberOptics Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE), a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D sensing technology solutions, will unveil the new Multi-Reflection Suppression (MRS)-enabled 3D and 2D WX3000 Metrology and Inspection systems for wafer-level and advanced packaging applications at the virtual SEMICON West show, July 20-23rd.

Mitsubishi Electric Develops Accurate Circuit Simulation Technology for SiC-MOSFETs

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has developed a highly accurate Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE) model to analyze the electronic circuitry of discrete power semiconductors.

Novel “Dual-Resonant Method” in 2D Materials Can Spur Advances in the Field of Photonics

A team of researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor J.D. Lee, developed a novel mechanism to maximize the efficiency of photon conversion in 2D materials.

Porous Graphene Ribbons Doped with Nitrogen for Electronics and Quantum Computing

A team of researchers led by the physicist Professor Ernst Meyer of the University of Basel and the chemist Dr. Shi-Xia Liu from the University of Bern have succeeded in producing the first graphene ribbons whose crystal lattice contains both periodic pores and a regular pattern of nitrogen atoms.

STMicroelectronics and Fingerprint Cards Cooperate to Develop and Launch an Advanced Biometric Payment Card Solution

STMicroelectronics has teamed with world-leading biometric company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) to develop an advanced Biometric System-on-Card (BSoC) solution based on fingerprint-recognition technology

Comprehensive Optical Wafer Testing for μLEDs at a Single Test Station

μLEDs are renowned for being an exacting new display technology. They are smaller than 100 micrometers and have exceptional optical properties that enable the manufacture of displays with a broad color gamut, high contrast and extremely high resolution.

SweGaN Establishes Corporate Headquarters in New Facility

SweGaN AB, manufacturer of GaN-on-SiC epitaxial wafers based on unique epitaxial growth technologies for telecom, satellite, defense and power applications, announced they have relocated their headquarters to a new facility in Linköping, Sweden

Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announce Breakthrough in AI Chip, Bringing Deep Neural Network Calculations to IoT Edge Devices

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF), the world’s leading specialty foundry, today announced a hardware demonstration of a new artificial intelligence chip.

Synaptics to Acquire Rights to Broadcom’s Wireless IoT Connectivity Business

Synaptics Incorporated today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which Synaptics will acquire certain assets and manufacturing rights associated with the wireless IoT business of Broadcom for approximately $250 million in an all-cash transaction.