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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.

MEMS

How the MEMS Market Is Holding Up in a Gloomy Economy

The semiconductor market had its best year in 2018, reaching almost US$470 billion. However, growth was slower than anticipated due to sluggish smartphone and automotive sales.

Packaging

SEMI Announces Election and Re-Election of Board Members

SEMI today announced at SEMICON West 2019 the election of Kazuo Ushida, Chairman of the Board, Representative Director, Nikon Corporation, as a new member of the SEMI International Board.

LIVE from SEMICON West 2019

Browse today’s edition of the Show Daily from SEMICON West 2019.

CyberOptics MRS Sensor Wins 2019 Best of West Award

SEMI and Semiconductor Digest today announced that the CyberOptics NanoResolution MRS Sensor has won the 2019 Best of West award at SEMICON West.

SEMI 2019 Mid-Year Total Equipment Forecast – 2019 Market Reset With 2020 Recovery

Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to drop 18.4 percent to $52.7 billion in 2019 from last year’s historic high of $64.5 billion.

Semiconductors

Nanoscale Visualization of the Distribution and Optical Behavior of Dopant in GaN

Significant advances in the understanding of P-Type GaN semiconductor formation mechanisms and techniques enabling mass production of GaN devices.

Semiconductors

UK Researchers Develop Ultrafast Semiconductors

UK researchers have developed world-leading Compound Semiconductor (CS) technology that can drive future high-speed data communications.

LIVE from SEMICON West 2019

Browse today’s Show Daily newsletter from SEMICON West 2019.

BISTel Launches New AI Powered Equipment Health Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance Solution for Smart Manufacturing

BISTel, a leading supplier of adaptive intelligence (AI) applications and equipment engineering solutions (EES) for smart manufacturing introduced a next-generation, AI powered equipment health monitoring and predictive maintenance (HMP) solution for smart manufacturing.

MEMS

SEMICON West 2019 Opens with Smart Technologies, Workforce Development, Industry Opportunities in Spotlight

Smart technologies take center stage today as SEMICON West, the flagship U.S. event for connecting the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, opens for three days of insights into leading technologies and applications that will power future industry expansion.

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