Through the Looking Glass—The 2025 Edition: Trends in solid-state circuits from ISSCC

The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. The theme for ISSCC 2025 is “The Silicon Engine Driving the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Revolution.” This theme further highlights how today’s IC research and development can contribute to the solid-state foundation upon which AI is rapidly evolving and pervasively entering people’s lives. ISSCC 2025 is the 72nd edition of ISSCC and is more than ever focused on innovation, in particular, innovative solutions that facilitate the efficient implementation of AI algorithms. To enhance and support the widespread use of AI, ISSCC 2025 promotes and shares new circuit ideas that advance the state of the art in IC design and further equip AI systems with improved functionality and efficiency.