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.

Organic Laser Diodes Move From Dream to Reality

Thorough characterization demonstrates lasing by direct electrical stimulation of an organic film is possible, KOALA Tech Inc. founded to further develop the technology.

Flexible Generators Turn Movement Into Energy

Rice University’s laser-induced graphene nanogenerators could power future wearables.

Remaining Switched On To Silicon-Based Electronics

The difficulty of further increasing the power conversion efficiency of silicon-based components in power electronics seems to indicate that we are reaching the limits of potential advances to this technology. A research group headed by The University of Tokyo recently challenged that view by developing a power switching device that surpasses previous performance limits, illustrating that silicon technology can still be further optimized.

UV Light May Illuminate Improvements For Next Generation Electronic Devices

Researchers from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan have developed a method to make sure the connections between the two-dimensional layer of atoms and the semiconductors are as perfect as possible.

New Mechanism Allows Lower Energy Requirement for OLED Displays

Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with international partners have found a way to significantly reduce the amount of energy required by organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Chinese Panel Makers Starting to Dominate Large LCD TV Panel Market

Chinese panel suppliers increased market share nearly 10 times in the first quarter of 2019 from a year ago.

First Quarter 2019 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings Drop 19% Year-Over-Year

SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings for the first quarter of 2019 dropped 8 percent from the previous quarter and 19 percent from the same quarter in 2018 to US$13.8 billion.

Ultra-Clean Fabrication Platform Produces Nearly Ideal 2D Transistors

Columbia engineers develop a clean, damage-free fabrication process that creates pristine transistors made from 2D material stacks. Testing additional content. Testing additional content. Testing additional content.

Octopus-Inspired Wearable Sensor

A team of researchers reports the development of a graphene-based adhesive biosensor inspired by octopus “suckers.”

Synopsys Fusion Design Platform First to be Certified by Samsung Foundry for 5LPE Process with EUV Technology

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Samsung Electronics has certified the Synopsys Fusion Design Platform for Samsung’s 5nm LPE process with EUV lithography technology.