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.

GlobalFoundries Transforms Training and New Technician Skill Adoption with PTC’s Vuforia Augmented Reality Solutions

PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced that GlobalFoundries (GF), a leading international full-service foundry that delivers semiconductor technologies to manufacturers, has selected PTC’s Vuforia augmented reality (AR) solutions to transform its training processes.

Oddball Edge Wins Nanotube Faceoff

Rice University theory shows peculiar ‘Janus’ interface a common mechanism in carbon nanotube growth.

SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit Highlights Innovations Across Consumer, Industrial Markets

More than 400 electronics industry experts will gather at SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, 25-27 September, 2019 in Grenoble, France, for the latest MEMS and imaging sensors developments and innovations that are advancing the user experience with hundreds of millions of smart devices.

Microsoft, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Join Si2 OpenAccess Coalition

Microsoft Corporation and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have joined Silicon Integration Initiative’s OpenAccess Coalition, a diverse group of international semiconductor companies that support the OpenAccess design database application programming interface.

KIST Develops Technology For Creating Flexible Sensors on Topographic Surfaces

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) research team developed a transfer-printing technology that uses hydrogel and nano ink to easily create high-performance sensors on flexible substrates of diverse shapes and structures.

Single-Electrode Material Streamlines Functions Into a Tiny Chip

The ability to combine many functions into a single microchip is a significant advance in the quest to perfect the tiny, self-powered sensors that will expand the Internet of things. KAUST researchers have managed to combine sensing, energy-harvesting, current-rectifying and energy-storage functions into a single microchip.

Extraordinarily Thick Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Solve Nagging Issues

New approach eases manufacturing constraints and improves viewing angle with little effect on performance.

Strategic Materials Conference 2019 Highlights ‘Year of Transition, Material Opportunities and Challenges’

With advanced materials now a critical enabler of semiconductor growth applications, the stage is set for Strategic Materials Conference (SMC 2019), the premier event offering the latest market insights into drivers of advanced materials in the microelectronics supply chain.

Tackling the Power Problem in Portable Voice-First Devices

Every day it seems like a new portable voice-first device is coming to market. From smart speakers small enough to fit in your pocket to tiny wireless earbuds and voice-activated TV remote controls, we are using voice increasingly to play music, select TV shows, turn on the lights or interact with our smart thermostat.

DARPA 3DSoC Initiative Completes First Year, Update Provided at ERI Summit on Key Steps Achieved to Transfer Technology into SkyWater’s 200mm U.S. Foundry

Progress moves technology closer to availability of a standard foundry process designed to greatly increase compute performance and energy efficiency.