10 key trends shaping the technology landscape in 2025

TrendForce has outlined 10 key trends shaping the technology landscape in 2025. Highlights include: Generative AI Leads the Way: Humanoid and Service Robots Receive Major Upgrades Robotics is poised to remain a central focus in 2025 as advancements in AI and robotics accelerate, driven by major players like NVIDIA and Tesla. The development will emphasize training machine learning, digital twin simulation platforms, collaborative robotics, mobile robotic arms, and humanoid robots to adapt to various environments and enable seamless human-machine interaction. Humanoid robots, backed by substantial investment from U.S. and Chinese manufacturers, are set to begin mass production starting in 2025. The global humanoid robot market is forecast to achieve a staggering CAGR of 154% between 2024 and 2027 and potentially exceed US$2 billion in market value. Industrial robots primarily focus on tasks like arm-based picking; service robots, powered by generative AI, will enable multi-modal interactions, information retrieval, text summarization, and scheduling. These advancements will boost their mobility, companionship, and versatility, positioning service robots as the next frontier in robotics innovation. Market Standardization Driven by Technological Advancements: AI Notebook Penetration to Reach 21.7% in 2025 AI-enabled notebooks are expected to become standard in the c...