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.

Stretchable Wireless Sensor Could Monitor Healing of Cerebral Aneurysms

A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms — bulges that can cause death or serious injury if they burst. The stretchable sensor, which operates without batteries, would be wrapped around stents or diverters implanted to control blood flow in vessels affected by the aneurysms.

Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Improves Search, Reduces Costs in Baidu’s Feed Stream Services

Intel today announced Baidu is architecting the in-memory database of its Feed Stream services to harness the high-capacity and high-performance capabilities of Intel Optane DC persistent memory.

Superior Process Quality With Picosun’s new R&D PEALD Technology

Picosun Group, a supplier of AGILE ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions, reports excellent results obtained with its next generation R&D PEALD (plasma-enhanced ALD) technology.

Researchers Develop Process Flow for High-Res 3D Printing of Mini Soft Robotic Actuators

SUTD, SUSTech and ZJU researchers’ proposed process flow guides 3D printing of miniature soft pneumatic actuators. Integrating the prints into a robotic system offers potential applications in jet-engine maintenance and minimally invasive surgery.

Theory Reveals the Nature of Crystals Defects (of Silicon Carbide)

Imperfections of crystal structure, especially edge dislocations of an elongated nature, deeply modify basic properties of the entire material and, in consequence, drastically limit its applications. Using silicon carbide as an example, physicists from Cracow and Warsaw have shown that even such computationally demanding defects can be successfully examined with atomic accuracy by means of a cleverly constructed, small in size, model.

Smarter Experiments For Faster Materials Discovery

Scientists created a new AI algorithm for making measurement decisions; autonomous approach could revolutionize scientific experiments.

Enhancing Materials for Hi-Res Patterning to Advance Microelectronics

Scientists at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials created ‘hybrid’ organic-inorganic materials for transferring ultrasmall, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices.

EV Group and Schott Partner to Demonstrate Readiness of 300mm Nanoimprint Lithography for High-Volume Augmented/Mixed Reality Glass Manufacturing

Joint work to be carried out at EVG’s NILPhotonics Competence Center, an open innovation incubator for nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and the only accessible 300mm NIL development line worldwide.

KLA Joins Automotive Electronics Council

KLA Corporation announced today that the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC), the organization that sets qualification standards for electronic components in the automotive industry, has accepted the company as an associate member.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against TSMC In the U.S. and Germany

Injunctions seek to prevent unlawful importation of infringing Taiwanese semiconductors.