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➀ According to a Statista survey, saving more money is the most popular New Year's Resolution for Americans, chosen by just over half of the respondents. ➁ The next most common resolutions are eating healthier, exercising more, and losing weight. ➂ Other popular resolutions include spending more time with family and friends, and quitting smoking.

➀ A Brunel University academic argues that consumer product designers should study real-world usage of products; ➁ The professor highlights the importance of utility and usability studies in the context of big systems and organisations; ➂ He criticizes the income model based on selling expensive unlimited-use software and suggests moving towards usage-based billing.

➀ The success of China's EVs is negatively impacting foreign car producers; ➁ Foreign companies like Nissan, General Motors, Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes are struggling in China; ➂ Toyota and Honda are exceptions, with Toyota building a new EV factory and Honda restarting EV production in China.

➀ ASML通常在芯片繁荣时期，当供应紧张时，其摄影机备受客户追捧，但公司自己选择限制了其最新产品的销售；➁ ASML公司商店正在出售一个价值3500万美元的高数值孔径EUV机器的乐高模型，价格为208欧元；➂ 尽管广泛感兴趣，但公司坚持该模型仅限于员工使用。

➀ POET Technologies has partnered with Globetronics Manufacturing Sdn Bhd to manufacture optical engines in Penang, Malaysia. ➁ GMSB will assemble and test optical engines based on POET's designs. ➂ POET has purchased wafer-level process equipment for the project, which is set to last for three years.

➀ The author wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; ➁ ElectronicsWeekly.com will continue to operate during the holiday; ➂ The website will have new content and news over the holidays; ➃ Blogs will remain active with posts by David Manners.

➀ Americans are the top consumers of champagne, with 26.9 million bottles consumed in 2023, followed closely by the UK with 25.5 million bottles. The trade association Comité Champagne reported that while champagne accounts for less than 10% of global sparkling wine consumption, it makes up 35% of the market value. This is generated using only 0.5% of the world’s total vineyard area. ➁ France exported approximately $4.4 billion worth of champagne in 2023, with the U.S. importing nearly $1 billion of it. ➂ The high market value of champagne is attributed to its rarity and status as a luxury product.

➀ After two quarters of declines, Q3 shipments of AR/VR headsets rose 12.8% according to IDC, driven by Meta's Quest 3 and Sony's PSVR2. ➁ Mixed Reality headsets, like the Quest 3, are expected to grow 21.7% in 2025. ➂ Extended Reality devices are forecasted to have a 85.7% CAGR through 2028.

➀ TrendForce estimates that 2024 shipments of VR and MR headsets will increase by 8.8% y-o-y to 9.6 million units; ➁ Three trends are identified: the dominance of low-cost devices, the shift from entertainment accessories to productivity tools, and OLEDoS becoming the preferred display technology for high-end near-eye devices; ➂ Meta leads the VR and MR device shipments with a 73% market share in 2024, driven by the affordable Quest 3S, while the high-end Quest Pro 2 is suspended.

➀ ION-X, an electrospray propulsion specialist, has raised €13 million to industrialize the production of its ion thrusters. The goal is to produce 200 ion thrusters per year by 2028. ➁ The company is a spin-off from CNRS and Technofounders, with funding from Expansion, Technofounders Participation, EIC Fund, and Île-de-France Region. ➂ ION-X aims to revolutionize the space mobility market with its propulsion solutions, contributing to sustainable and cost-effective space missions.

➀ According to Mr. L. Berkley Davis, vice president and general manager of the electronic components division of the American General Electric corporation of New York, the sales of electronic valves and tubes in the USA this year are expected to total £300 million, and semiconductor sales are over £200 million. ➁ The story dates back to 63 years ago, when Electronics Weekly reported on January 25, 1960, about the sales of 385 million receiving tubes, 180 million transistors, and 11 million television picture tubes. ➂ Semiconductor sales, including transistors and rectifiers, are predicted to be 20% higher than in 1960.

➀ The article introduces 'Introduction to Computer Organization', a book that focuses on ARM 64-bit assembly language programming; ➁ It emphasizes the hands-on experience in programming the GPIO; ➂ The subtitle 'ARM Edition' indicates the book's focus on ARM architecture.

➀ Arm在诉讼中未能获得其最想要的结果，即禁止高通在PC芯片组中使用Nuvia设计的基于Arm的核心；➁ 虽然陪审团未能就Nuvia是否违反了与Arm的许可条款达成一致意见，但Arm有机会进行重审；➂ 高通律师出示了一份由Arm首席执行官撰写的策略文件，其中设想Arm建造自己的芯片，这可能是Arm业务模式的一个重大转变。

➀ The Qorvo QPF4239 is an integrated FEM designed for Wi-Fi 7 systems, offering compact form factor and power-saving features. ➁ It optimizes the PA for 3.3V supply voltage and includes advanced filtering and power detection capabilities. ➂ The module integrates a PA, SP2T switch, and LNA, targeting applications such as access points, routers, and IoT devices.

➀ Crypto Quantique enhances its QDID PUF with a TRNG, making it resilient against side-channel attacks due to quantum entropy source; ➁ The TRNG generates new, unpredictable random numbers for cryptographic operations; ➂ QDID provides a secure foundation for root-of-trust in IoT devices without storing identities and keys in memory.

➀ Accelerator revenue increased by 130% in 3Q 2024; ➁ US hyperscalers are deploying over 5 million AI training accelerators; ➂ Custom accelerators are gaining popularity to boost performance and reduce costs.

➀ Ed sees the EU's 'ECS Brokerage' as a way to encourage UK techies to access European funds; ➁ He has convinced the Department to allocate a budget for researchers, inventors, startups, and SMEs to attend these events; ➂ He is exploring opportunities for Scunthorpe Quantum to benefit from European development funds.

➀ NXP收购Aviva Links；➁ 中国芯片投资不景气；➃ Rupert Baines的观点；➄ C.C. Wei与Elon Musk合作多功能机器人；➅ Arm与Qualcomm的诉讼继续进行。

➀ The jury is deliberating in the Arm vs Qualcomm lawsuit on the fourth day. ➁ Qualcomm's lawyer argues that Arm's lawsuit aims to destroy its PC chip designs. ➂ Arm's lawyer claims the issue is about Qualcomm's breach of its licensing agreement with Arm by using Nuvia's designs without permission.

➀ Hyper-scaler data center capex in Q3 2024 increased by 82%; ➁ Accelerated servers, especially for AI training, accounted for the majority of spending among US and Chinese hyperscalers; ➂ NVIDIA GPU systems dominate cloud and enterprise deployments; ➃ Global data center capital expenditures expected to rise by 44% in 2024.

➀ Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat to extend its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation; ➁ The contract involves building 100 satellites, with delivery expected by the end of 2026; ➂ The new satellites will have technology upgrades for 5G integration and will be compatible with Europe's planned IRIS2 multi-orbit constellation.

➀ The number of irregular border crossings into the EU decreased by 40% in the first 11 months of this year, mainly due to a drop in detections in the Western Balkans and the Central Mediterranean. However, the Central Mediterranean route still had the second highest number of detections at 62,034. ➁ The West African route saw a 19% increase in crossings, likely due to deteriorating security and humanitarian situations in the region. ➂ The Eastern land border saw a 200% increase, with the overwhelming majority being Ukrainian men of military age.

➀ NXP has acquired Aviva Links, which may drive the open-source interoperable system for mass-adoption of ADAS; ➁ Kioxia finally went public after years of failed offers, totaling $30 billion; ➂ Google announced Android XR, a new Android platform version designed for headsets and glasses with Gemini AI integration, with the first device to be built by Samsung; ➃ The British Army successfully destroyed flying drones using a high-energy laser weapon for the first time.

➀ A shoe-shine boy who introduced 'Texas Hot' to Wellsville, New York, and participated in the liberation of Dachau in WWII became the biggest US cable TV provider outside Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and South Florida. ➁ He and his two brothers took $3.1 billion in unrecorded loans from the company for personal use and were charged with looting the company. ➂ He was sentenced to 15 years in jail. Moral: All that glitters is not gold.

➀ The British Army successfully employed Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) from an armored vehicle to destroy flying drones for the first time. ➁ The HELWS, mounted on a Wolfhound vehicle, completed a live-firing exercise at a military range in Wales. ➂ The system, developed in collaboration with the MOD's Defence Equipment & Support and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, represents a significant advancement in defense technology.

➀ Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon testified in court that buying Nuvia for $1.4 billion could save $1.4 billion a year in payments to Arm. Amon believed using Nuvia's cores for PC processors would save on Arm payments due to expected high revenues in the PC market. ➁ Arm claims in court that Qualcomm must destroy Nuvia's designs due to lack of consent for transferring Nuvia's licenses to Qualcomm. ➂ Amon said he initially tried to persuade Nuvia to create computing cores for Qualcomm but decided to acquire Nuvia when they refused.

➀ Rapidus has received an ASML EUV machine for installation at its IIM-1 foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido; ➁ This marks the first time EUV technology will be used for mass production in Japan; ➂ The TWINSCAN NXE:3800E machine can process 220 wafers an hour; ➃ Rapidus plans to start pilot silicon production at IIM-1 in April 2025 with a single-wafer process.

➀ Dracula Technologies and CoolR Group have integrated Dracula's LAYER OPV modules into CoolR's VistaZ cameras to create a hybrid energy solution for the retail sector; ➁ The integration improves inventory management and enhances product availability on shelves, reducing service costs and carbon footprints; ➂ Dracula's LAYER OPV modules capture ambient light to power the cameras, reducing battery replacement frequency and maintenance costs.

➀ Memory growth is expected to exceed 24% due to the increasing adoption of high-end products like HBM3 and HBM3e, with HBM4 introduction in H2 2025. Non-memory is projected to grow 13% driven by advanced node ICs for AI servers, high-end mobile phone ICs, and WiFi7. ➁ The Asia-Pacific IC design market is set to grow 15% as inventory levels stabilize, personal device demand rises, and AI computing expands. ➂ TSMC's market share is projected to increase in Foundry 1.0 and 2.0, with the expansion of advanced nodes like 2nm and 3nm. ➃ 2nm and 3nm production is expected to accelerate, with TSMC and Samsung leading the way. ➄ Foundry capacity utilization is expected to increase, and 2025 is critical for 2nm mass production. ➅ China's packaging and testing market share is set to rise, and FOPLP will grow rapidly post-2025.

➀ Fleet Space, an Australian space startup, has raised AUS$150 million for its space-based mining insights. ➁ The funds will be used to expand ExoSphere, their end-to-end exploration platform, which utilizes 3D subsurface imaging and AI analysis. ➂ The company aims to accelerate the discovery of critical minerals needed for clean energy, with a focus on reducing environmental impact.