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.

Tuya Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

The Zigbee Alliance, an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that global-leading IoT platform provider Tuya has joined its Board of Directors.

New Design for ‘Optical Ruler’ Could Revolutionize Clocks, Telescopes, Telecommunications

Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great precision, a device known as a laser frequency comb, with its hundreds of evenly spaced, sharply defined frequencies, can be used to measure the colors of light waves with great precision.

Eta Compute Introduces The Industry’s First Integrated, Ultra Low Power AI Sensor Board for Machine Learning At The Edge

Eta Compute Inc., a company dedicated to delivering machine learning to IoT and edge devices using its revolutionary TENSAI Platform, announced the debut of the world’s first integrated, ultra low power AI Sensor Board, the ECM3532 AI Sensor Board.

EU Team Demonstrates Full Data-Transfer Silicon Photonics Module Delivering 100 Gb/s and Develops Building Blocks for Tb/s

CEA-Leti today announced the demonstration of a fully packaged CWDM optical transceiver module with data transfer of 100 Gb/s per fiber with a low-power-consumption electronic chip co-integrated on the photonic chip. This silicon-photonics-based transceiver multiplexes two wavelengths at 50 Gb/s and is designed to meet the ever-increasing data-communication demands and energy use of data centers and supercomputers.

Top-10 Semiconductor Suppliers Defy Weak Market Conditions in Q1

Defying a decline in market revenue, the world’s top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1 percent in the first quarter, as the companies benefitted from a COVID-19-driven increase in PC and server sales.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Acquire Land in Malta, NY

GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it has secured a purchase option agreement for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility, Fab 8, in Malta, N.Y., near the Luther Forest Technology Campus (LFTC).

NY CREATES Announces New AIM Leadership

NY CREATES (New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering and Science) announce the appointment of Dr. Michael J. Cumbo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a program of NY CREATES, effective July 6, 2020.

Improved Quality Control for Steel Manufacturers

Olympus, a leading manufacturer of industrial microscopes, is improving the efficiency of nonmetallic inclusion analysis for steel manufacturers who use OLYMPUS Stream image analysis software.

Semtech Announces Production of New Tri-Edge, a PAM4 CDR Platform for 200G and 400G Data Center Applications

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, today announced production availability of GN2558 and GN2559, Semtech’s Tri-Edge CDR SR solutions to enable next-generation data center multi-mode interconnectivity.

New SEMI-NBMC, GE Research Project to Advance Vital Signs Monitoring of Patients During Emergency Air Transport

Nano-Bio Materials Consortium (NBMC), a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, today launched a project with GE Research to develop a medical-grade wireless patch that monitors the vital signs of medical patients during emergency air transport.