➀ Deepseek's popularity has ignited excitement in the secondary market for edge AI, boosting the stock prices of companies like Rockchip.

➁ Rockchip's founder Li Min's wealth has surged to 10 billion yuan, with a direct and indirect shareholding of 42.3361% in Rockchip, valued at about 32.9 billion yuan.

➂ Rockchip has transformed from audio and video chips to AIoT chips, becoming one of the most diverse AIoT product line vendors in China.

➀ Leonardo highlighted increased employment at its UK sites, with 1,400 new hires in 2024, including 450 in early careers schemes.

➁ The company reported significant growth in orders, revenues, and EBITA over the last 12 months.

➂ Leonardo emphasized its role in the global Aerospace, Defense, and Security industry, with a focus on sustainability and young talent attraction.

➀ The Ray-Ban Meta glasses offer a sleek design resembling traditional eyewear.

➁ They come with advanced Meta AI features and hands-free controls for convenience.

➂ The glasses offer a unique blend of functionality and style, though with a premium price tag.

➀ Samsung's LPDDR5-Ultra-Pro further solidifies its position in the LPDDR6 domain.

➁ Samsung has introduced an extension to the LPDDR5 specification at the ISSCC, raising data transfer rates to 12,700 MT/s (12.7 GT/s) through the addition of four-phase self-calibration and AC coupling transmitter-receiver equalization.

➂ The fastest LPDDR5X by Samsung features a 12,700 MT/s data transfer rate and is a 16 Gb memory IC with an industry-standard voltage of 1.05V, manufactured using the company's fifth-generation 10nm-class DRAM manufacturing process.

Applied Materials demonstrated its new inspection kit SEMVision H20 on Thursday, equipped with the company's second-generation cold fusion emission (CFE) technology, which is three times faster than thermal fusion emission (TFE) equipment for analysis.

➀ Sri Lakshmi Simhadri discusses MosChip's achievements in 2024;

➁ Challenges faced in adapting to market changes and hiring skilled professionals;

➂ Insights on the biggest growth area for 2025 in the semiconductor industry.

➀ University College London presented a 30MHz impedance spectroscopy IC at ISSCC;

➁ The chip offers a 92.7dB signal-to-noise ratio and 99.6% accuracy;

➂ It consumes only 3.18mW and uses a programmable picosecond resolution delay-locked clock generator.

Kioxia has unveiled its 10th generation 332-layer 3D NAND flash memory technology, offering up to 33% better performance and enhanced bit density, interface speeds, and power efficiency compared to its 8th generation ICs.

The new technology features a CMOS directly Bonded to Array (CBA) and Toggle DDR6.0 interface, enabling a 4.8 GB/s NAND interface speed.

While the 322-layer design is not yet at the company's goal of a 1,000-layer 3D NAND by 2027, it still represents a significant advancement in bit density by 59% and power efficiency improvements.

Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) has initiated the SUSTAINET project, a €30 million research effort to develop sustainable and resilient network technologies. The project, running from January 2025 to December 2027, aims to integrate fiber optics, radio, and mobile networks to improve network availability and sustainability. It is divided into three sub-projects focusing on advanced technologies, intelligent solutions, and sustainable network architectures.

➀ Dr. Wang Huanyu, a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has returned to China to join the School of Integrated Circuits as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor after working at Apple Inc. in the United States.

➁ Wang obtained his bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2014, his master's degree from Northwestern University in the United States in 2015, and his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2021.

➂ Wang's research focuses on hardware security design of integrated circuits and EDA automation. He has worked and interned at companies such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Qualcomm, and Synopsys in the United States.

➀ This article lists the ten most technologically advanced countries in the world as identified by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

➁ The countries include Japan, South Korea, the United States, Germany, China, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Finland.

➂ The article does not provide a detailed analysis of each country's technological advancements but highlights their overall technological capabilities.