Shannon Davis

News and Web Editor

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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.

Redefining the Semiconductor SubFab

By Alan Ifould, Head of Marketing, Operational Excellence, Edwards Vacuum Smart manufacturing and Industrie 4.0 are hot topics right now. Most agree they are the future and they are everywhere … but what do they really mean and what in the world is everyone so excited about?!

Asahi/America ISO Certificate Renewed

Asahi/America, Inc., the leader in thermoplastic fluid flow solutions, is pleased to announce the reissuance of its ISO 9001:2015 certificate. The Massachusetts-based company has received continuous ISO certification since 1996.

Emerging Photovoltaics: Materials Opportunity in New $38 Billion Market, Reports IDTechEx

IDTechEx predicts $38 billion dollars in 2040 without colliding with the silicon-in-glass “power station” business.

SK hynix Starts Mass-Production of High-Speed DRAM, “HBM2E”

SK hynix Inc. announced that it has started the full-scale mass-production of high-speed DRAM, ‘HBM2E’, only ten months after the Company announced the development of the new product in August last year.

Tachyum Participates in Open Compute Project’s SONiC Initiative

Tachyum Inc. today announced that it has joined the Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) Open Compute Project as part of the company’s efforts to help redesign traditional IT infrastructure technology to better serve the technical needs of modern data centers.

HighRadius Continues European Expansion with Opening of Frankfurt, Germany Office

HighRadius, a fintech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company specializing in automating the order-to-cash and treasury management processes, today announced further expansion in the EMEA region after posting triple-digit YoY growth.

Renesas Adds Leading Power Efficiency to Ultra-Low Power Embedded Controller RE Family

Renesas Electronics Corporation expanded its RE Family lineup of embedded controllers with a new ultra-low power consumption member based on Renesas’ breakthrough silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide ( SOTB) process technology and built around the Arm Cortex-M0+ core.

Building A Harder Diamond

Scientists at the University of Tsukuba use computer calculations to propose a new way to rearrange the carbon atoms in a diamond to make it even harder, which may be useful in industrial applications that rely on synthetic cutting diamonds.

SmartSens Completes Acquisition of Allchip Microelectronics

SmartSens Technology today announced its completed acquisition and merger with Shenzhen-based Allchip Microelectronics — a specialist in CMOS image sensors for automotive applications.

GaN and SiC Power Semiconductor Markets Set to Pass $1B Mark in 2021

The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass $1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric vehicles, power supplies, and photovoltaic (PV) inverters.