Your daily dose of photovoltaic technology developments and solar news

Síle Mc Mahon joined Semiconductor Media in 2006 as sub editor of Semiconductor Fabtech and content manager of Fabtech.org. She is also sub editor for Photovoltaics International and content manager for PV-Tech.org and writes news for both websites. She has an honours degree in English and Philosophy from NUI, Galway and an M. Phil. in Linguistics from Trinity College, Dublin. Her first name does not, contrary to popular opinion, rhyme with mile - the odd spelling of her name (pronounced “Sheila”) derives from the fact that she is Irish – agus an-bródúil as!

The blog is written by Photovoltaics International’s Senior News Editor, Mark Osborne. He has been covering the semiconductor and related industries for over ten years. Mark has been blogging tech since 2005.

The Chip Shots blog channels the observations of Fabtech's and PV-Tech/Photovoltaic International's Senior Contributing Editor--USA, Tom Cheyney, a 20-year veteran of semiconductor, advanced micro/nanoelectronics, and solar manufacturing trade journalism. For 15 years, Tom was editor in chief of MICRO (the original home of Chip Shots) until it ceased publication in July 2006. Tom calls Los Angeles home.

David has been Publisher of Semiconductor Media since 2007. In that time he has launched http://www.pv-tech.org, http://www.jobsinpv.com and http://www.semiconductorjob.org. David has six years’ experience in managing business development activities in the UK and the Asia Pacific Rim and is enjoying the new challenges associated with learning the technical side of the semiconductor industry. He has a Bachelor of Arts with honours in English and Medieval Studies from Sydney University and has almost finished his MBA with the University of Technology in Sydney. An avid reader, David also enjoys any sporting event that results in the defeat of England.

Emma Hughes joined Photovoltaics International in June 2009 as Editorial Assistant. She has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Hertfordshire where she wrote a dissertation on obscenities in literature, which involved working on Joyce’s Ulysses; needless to say she had no spare time on her hands. Emma came to Photovoltaics International from The Inquirer where she worked as a freelance writer since graduating. An avid reader, she also enjoys finding grammatical errors in well-known publications.

Cathy joined Photovoltaics International in January 2010 as content development manager for Asian markets. Prior to joining Photovoltaics International, Cathy received an honours degree from Imperial College London. She remained in the city working with Boao Forum for Asia. Cathy has actively engaged with the Chinese community and has considerable experience in event organization and web content development