January 2025 IEEE Spectrum

Top Tech 2025

Each January, the editors of IEEE Spectrum spotlight technologies they predict are currently poised to achieve significant milestones in the new year. The technologies listed in this year's report include the geoengineering at sea, reversible computing, molten salt reactors, extended range electric vehicles (EREVs), robotaxi and AV production at scale, NextGen high-bandwidth memory for AI, underwater habitats, and many others.


Here is a sampling from the latest IEEE Spectrum report of some of the technologies poised to make a significant impact in 2025:

Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVS)
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Reversible Computing / Energy Efficient Computing
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Molten Salt Reactors
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Geoengineering / Carbon Sequestration / Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
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Undersea Habitats and Laboratories for Humans
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Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable Security and Back-up Systems
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NextGen High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM4) for AI Applications and Processors
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Rare Earth Elements / Minerals Mining
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Robotaxi / Autonomous vehicle production at scale
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RISC-V Laptops / Open Source Instruction Set Architecture
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