Rural Spain produces more energy than consumes. And in Teruel it is already proposed to take the VAT of the electricity there

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In a recent report, the Ember Analysis Agency has demonstrated that the total electric production of Spain is 60.2%. However, the generation and distribution of energy are not equal throughout the country, and in the community of Aragon they know well. Proposition. The Aragón-teruel parliamentary group exists has registered A proposition of law in the autonomous chamber so that the collection of VAT obtained from the electricity companies is redistributed to compensate for the territories according to their energy production. The parliamentary spokesman for this training in a press conference, Tomás Guitarte, He explained that this initiative aims to compensate for those areas that produce more electricity than they consume. In his statements he has exposed the case of Aragon, which generates 9% of the country’s energy, but consumes only 4%. However, he added that with the current VAT to 21% and a forecast of 2,000 million euros, he would correspond about 180 million. Previously. The proposal has a historical basis, since it is inspired by the fee created in 1981, which compensated for the territories sacrificed in the production of electricity before being replaced by VAT in 1986. In addition, the law seeks to promote the well -being and development of The regions that generate energy, not only from the economic point of view, but also with a vision of territorial justice, where environmental and landscape impacts are compensated by the benefits generated by the energy transition. To Congress. The proposition of the law has been registered in the courts of Aragon and is protected in the Article 292 of the Regulation of the Courts of Aragon and in him Article 87 of the Constitution. This allows the proposal to be raised to the Congress of Deputies, where it would be processed if it exceeds the procedures in the Autonomous Courts. Once approved by the regional government and taken to Plenary, if accepted, it would go to Congress for processing. This proposal does not imply the creation of a new tax, but a redistribution of electric VAT income. The core of the problem. A couple of months ago, Aragon tried keep their surplusesbut the Constitutional Court stopped him. This situation reflects a broader imbalance which affects many producing communities, whose energy surplus is directed towards other regions of the country, generating tensions about the control and distribution of these resources. For that reason, there is a distancing between urban and rural areas In energy terms. While cities are provided with more energy and do not have the same installed infrastructure, rural areas have to live with large -scale facilities, thus generating an environmental impact and an imbalance in the territory. For example, Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy that consumes and depends on territories such as Extremadura that produces an energy surplus of 423%. The next steps. The proposal is already in the Courts of Aragon and, after its approval by the regional government, it will be taken to the plenary. If approved, it will go to Congress for processing, which could take several months. Meanwhile, Aragon-teruel exists continues to struggle to ensure that energy producing communities receive fair compensation for the sacrifices they make. Image | Unspash and Unspash Xataka | In a town in Badajoz they have encountered a strength of 5,000 years ago. And a Roman with a suspicious burial

has started saying 5% of the finish line

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Mark Zuckerberg announced at an internal meeting with his squad that 2025 was going to be an intense year. Just a few days later, the company announced a round of layoffs in which 5% of its global labor mass would be dispensed with that did not demonstrate a certain level of performance. This means the dismissal of about 3,600 finishing worldwide. According to sources of Reuters. This template adjustment will be carried out with the company’s approach in improving the efficiency that Zuckerberg champied in 2023 with its “Year of efficiency“The main novelty is that, according to the news agency, the best performance roles cut It will be compensated with the hiring of strategic profiles related to artificial intelligence and automatic learning. Departure gun to layoffs. As published by Reuters, dismissal notices have already begun to be sent by email to the target employees of the world, mainly from the US and the United Kingdom. Between February 11 and 18, Asia and Africa employees will also begin to receive their dismissal notifications and contain details about their compensation. An hour after receiving email, affected employees will be expelled from the company’s systems. “For teams that have a partner or manager who leaves Monday, I understand that this can be a difficult day and that there could be some short -term interruptions and impacts in their daily work,” wrote Janelle Gale, Vice President of Meta In a memorandum sent to employees on Friday, of which It echoes Business Insider. Round trip program. On the other hand, according to The published in Business Insiderdays before the announcement of the company’s intention to reduce its template by 5%, Mark Zuckerberg I give green light to the definitive closure of its program diversity, equality, equity in hiring. So the new hiring that may occur from this moment will not be accepted to these programs. The memorandum sent by the RRHH head of Meta on Friday, it is noted that the employees dismissed in this round can re -request a finish line, once the deadlines of inactivity have been completed, although this time the parameters will not be taken into account of diversity, but “the previous performance will be taken into account when making a hiring decision.” EUROPA BLINDA EMPLOYMENT. According to the reuters sources, finishing employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from these layoffs due to Local labor regulations. In these cases, the respective goal branches in those countries will follow “local performance management processes,” said Meta’s HR memorandum. Spain does not enter the countries with “exceptions”, although if the Meta branch in Spain reaches a high number of dismissal should be notified as ERE. However, goal has not yet facilitated concrete figures of the number of layoffs in the respective countries. Unlike the US, in Europe, if a company with more than 300 employees plans to fire at least 30 workers within 30 days, you must follow Consultation and notification procedures for being considered collective dismissal. In countries like Germany, the requirements for dismissal are even stricter. Focus on efficiency and AI. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, justified his latest meetings with the finish line That leaked that this restructuring was part of an effort to raise performance standards within the company and that AI would be in the center of everything that tarked in 2025. “This is a marathon, not a speed race. But, honestly, this year for me it looks a little more at a speed race,” said Zuckerberg in his speech, As published Business Insider. According to Reuters, in an internal statement by Peng Fan, vice president of engineering for monetization, the recruitment process will take place between February 11 and March 13. In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg’s last interview has revealed that his clothes is not the only thing that has changed: the new “Maltete” of Meta Image | Unspash (Mariia Shalabaieva, Jose Losada)

The world pharmaceutical industry has been sunk in its “Deepseek moment”: China is devouring it

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This summer we estee that, for the first time in history, China beat Europe as a new medication developer. It was not a stroke of luck: the pharmacist is one of the most complex sectors in the world and China has been determined to compete in it at the highest level. A decision that is paying off. So much that, today, the question is not whether China will stand up to the US. The question is whether the western pharmaceutical industry is facing its own “moment Deepseek“: The appearance of a more agile competitor, cheaper and (at least on paper) equally good. A small panoramic. Historically, Europe was always the great world pharmaceutical superpower. However, in the decade that goes between 1995 and 2005, the situation changed: the US made a very strong biomedical commitment and managed to advance the old continent. That has not changed in the last 20 years. In fact, according to the latest edition of the ‘The Pharmaceutical Industry in figures‘(The 2023), they say that the 90 new molecules, 28 were American compared to 17 of European origin. The surprise was another: that China had managed to put 25 on the table. And although that, alone it changes (almost) everything; There was something else. In autumn, summit therapeutics announced that its drug He had surpassed Keytruda, a well -known Merck immunotherapy against lung cancer that moves more than 30,000 million a year. To get an idea of ​​the bombing: only that news catapulted Summit to the top positions of world biotechnology (with a stock market capitalization of billions) even though … it has no approved drug. As David Wainer explained“China’s rise in biotechnology has been managing for years, but now it is impossible to ignore it.” In 2020, less than 5% of the large pharmaceutical transactions worth 50 million dollars or more were related to China. “In 2024, that figure had increased to almost 30%,” According to the journalist. Why does this happen? Although everything has some speculative air, experts agree that There are some key factors behind Of all this: Lower costs: both for the ease of access to highly qualified labor and low cost and access to thousands of people for optimized clinical trials. Minimum bureaucracy and less security obstacles that accelerate the market arrival process. And what consequences can it generate? That may be what most matches all this with What happened to Deep Seek: That the uncertainty about what may be doing in China, makes investors think much more if it is profitable to finance new projects. What is the point of spending hundreds of millions on something they can do in China for a dozen (And what, in fact, are surely doing even if we don’t know it)? And Europe? While innovation seems to go to China, Europe is still changed. Successes like Novo Nordisk and Ozempiceven invisible that we are losing a career that we should not lose (it is more, that we have been losing it for years). Josep Borrellformer high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has passed years saying that “When the pandemic arrived we realized that in Europe there was not a single gram of paracetamol.” That was something that did not worry anyone because Europe had always thought it was a problem of productive outsourcing. Now we are discovering that, along the way, we were outsourcing much more than that. Image | Mika Baumeister | Deepseek + Philipp Katzenberger In Xataka | Ozempic is sweeping. So much that it is a problem for supermarkets and sugary drinks

Give € 700 to those who marry

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To complicated problems, Imaginative solutions. South Korean couples that give the ‘Yes I want’ in Seoul already know who will make them one of the most expensive gifts to celebrate the link: the metropolitan government. As part of their efforts to win population and alleviate the demographic crisis facing the country as a whole, local authorities have decided to bet on A peculiar measure: Give a check of almost 700 euros to couples who marry. THE OBJECTIVE: Under its population. Celebrating with seven figures. Giving the ‘Yes I want’ will be a little easier in the capital of South Korea. Or less expensive, at least. In your effort to fight The demographic crisis that hits the nation, the Seoul metropolitan government plans to deliver one million wonesabout 668 euros, to couples who formalize their marriage in the city. According to Precise The press South Koreanlocal authorities have already contacted the Ministry of Health and Welfare to find a way to carry out the measure and how to make payments. His goal is that the aid can be distributed as of October and opt for them the bride and groom who have registered their link this year in the city. As long as, yes, they meet certain income requirements. Objective: 20,000 couples. Local authorities have already made accounts and they will benefit from the measure around 20,000 couplesalthough they could be more. Right now the Metropolitan Government contemplates that the couples who officers their union this year in Seoul benefit from the aid, but also requires that they do not exceed a certain income. To receive the check the total income of the couple must not exceed 150% of the average income. In Seoul they already consider however Open something else The hand and raise that maximum stop to 180%. There are two other unknowns about how the program will work: one is what will be the age limit for the beneficiaries, another is how exactly the million wones will be delivered. South Korean media talk that the sum could enter cash or at points that can be spent within the community itself. And what is the purpose? Technically, make life a little easier for the newlyweds. The idea is to offer them A subsidy that allows them to buy appliances, furniture and other belongings that they need to form their own home. To understand why Seoul bets on such a measure, however, it is necessary serious crisis of birth rate with derivatives at a social, economic or even Defense subject. The birth rate of South Korea is It has collapsed Over the last decades until it is located among the lowest of the entire planet. In fact, the demographic situation is so serious that At the end of last year The country was officially declared “aged”, a category that indicates that 20% of its population has already exceeded 65 years. Faced with such data to South Korea, no choice but to open A peculiar debate: Define what an old man is. Faced with desperate problems … We said it before: imaginative solutions, which is what the Metropolitan Government of Seoul is now looking for. Its authorities want to boost the birth rate supporting couples, contributing to their expenses and encouraging them to root in the capital. The objective is ‘water’ shy green sprouts demographic registered in 2024, both local and national. The latest official statistics show that in Seoul they were noted 38,568 births between January and November 2024, 5.1% more than during the same period of 2023; But the doubt of which, to what extent that percentage reveals a change in trend or is simply a mirage inherited from Covid, the result of couples who during the pandemic postponed their plans to marry or have babies. “The city government is closely reviewing the related measures to continue with the trend,” The administration indicates. Adds and continues of measures. The nuptial voucher is an original measure, but not the only one that has been on the table over the last years in South Korea to encourage birth. Not long ago he even raised to create a Super baby check of 70,000 euros for that same purpose. Other options that have been raised, in Seoul or the rest of the country, go through couples with a Municipal Program quotes, Improve food of mothers, hire foreign staff To facilitate reconciliation, give money to young people to encourage them to Leave home or even rethink the School planning. The Survival Law. Not all cities seem to go as well as Seoul. Yesterday Financial Times dedicated A wide report Busan, a port city located south of Korea del, who faces a critical demographic panorama. Despite being The second most populous city from the country, between 1995 and 2023 lost 600,000 neighborsa trend that seems to accelerate as the population ages and seoul gains weight in the country’s economy. Your situation is such that, According to the British newspaperlast year the Employment Information Service of South Korea classified the port city in the category of “risk of extinction”, which reveals its deep imbalance between the working population and the non -working and the threat of stopping be sustainable at the economic level. Images | ONE-11 (Flickr) and Marie (Flickr) In Xataka | South Korea has a huge solitude problem and a plan to fix it: 322 million dollars

China has a shortcut called Morocco

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Over time almost fulfilled, the European Union pressed the red button: Activate tariffs to Chinese electric car. With variable rates depending on the company, since the last days of October, all cars of this type from China have had to increase their costs (absorbed by the company or impact to the client), including those of European companies. To the measure, the manufacturers themselves have denounced the European Union before the Court of Justice of the European Unionwith the aim of eliminating this economic barrier that they consider unfair. The complaint has been submitted Byd, Saic, Geely and Tesla. The subject of tariffs is nothing more than One of the last chapters in the negotiation between him Chinese government and the European Union. Although these rates are applied, the agency has made clear its intention to maintain its conversations with the Chinese State and, in fact, did not charge the compensatory rights that have been applied from summer to the end of October. In addition, it has not imposed tariffs on plug -in hybrids. Explain you in your newsletter SAI (but auto insights) Weekly that everything indicates that it is a negotiating measure between both entities. The truth is that Chinese companies are offering their cars much cheaper than European manufacturers just when European regulations force this type of technology to skip a thousand millionaire fines. A shortcut called Morocco Since the application of tariff They aspire to gain market share. In that new strategy, Spain has taken a preponderant role. Our country is taking weight in the production of future electric cars for their low labor and energy costs compared to other European powers such as Germany or France. But, in addition, it also seems to be receiving the prize to turn their positions Regarding tariffs. Since they were applied, the Chinese state seems to have pressed to stop all investments in the countries where it was voted in favor of lifting these commercial barriers. In return countries like Spain have unlocked these (like the Catl factory in Zaragoza) and nations with special commercial treaties with the European Union are experiencing the growing interest of that Asian country. Turkey, for example, is one of the countries where Chinese interest has perched, with Byd studying the construction of a plant in a key geostrategic place. The other great country where China has put its eyes is Morocco. And investments leave no doubt. Morocco is a very attractive bridge for the Asian country. It has a Commercial Treaty that would allow you to skip tariffs on your electric manufacturing their cars on African soil. These investments, which first They have arrived in the form of kits That they are finished in Europe, they are still studied by the European Union that has to define whether or not they are enough to save the commercial barrier. It is, in fact, the way of working that has Omoda in Barcelona and the one that Leapmotor has raised for its production in European soil. The production of vehicles in Morocco is not new either. In fact, in 2023 he surpassed China, Japan and India as Main exporter of vehicles to the European Union. His low labor costs has turned Morocco into the perfect environment to produce cars such as Dacia Sandero o Stellantis’s light quadricycles (Citroën Ami, Fiat Topolino…). This appeal It wants to be exploited by China in car production but also with everything that revolves around the electric car. Among those new business opportunities is Battery production. Chinese official media say that producing in Morocco is 50% cheaper than doing so in Europe, they collect in Political. That savings has been the one that has encouraged Chinese companies such as Cngr Advanced Material, through a Moroccan subsidiary called Cngr Morocco New Energy to invest in a gigantic battery production plant. The project was completed with the signing of a investment of 2,000 million dollars For the same. They calculate, from the company, that production will reach a million electric cars every year, which is 70 GWH capacity. To have a better idea, The plant that Catl has designed for Zaragoza plans to provide 50 GWh. It is not, much less, the only project that comes in this regard. Chinese batteries manufacturers Hailiang and Shinzoom They announced An investment of 450 and 460 million dollars, respectively, in the industrial zone Tanger Tech. Although it is officially called “Cité Mohammed VI Tangger Tech”, so much has been the Chinese interest in the area that already call it the “Shanghai of Morocco” . The port of Tangier has become a Key space for the Moroccan government. Its proximity to Europe makes it a doubly attractive place: manufacturing on its ground is cheaper and moving the product to the European continent is also very little expensive. Investments in the electric car in Morocco are already calculated in 10,000 million dollars among which the phosphate exploitationkey minerals for the production of batteries and which Morocco has huge deposits. “For a long time, Europeans invested in Morocco to take advantage of cheap and unknic labor. Today, this workforce is not simply cheap, it is also competitive and is well trained. The Chinese have realized that they Interesting Investing, “said Mehdi Laraki, president of the Morocco-China Business Council in words collected by the medium Telquel. Photo | Audi In Xataka | Toyota has been one of the few firms that has not opted for the electric car. For now it is doing well

The most valuable company in the world has no interest in investing in data centers fever

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Big tech are investing Absolute fortunes in data centers. Almost all seem to be prepared to meet the colossal demand for computing capacity for AI tasks. And yet, there is a curious and surprising exception. Money, money and more money. In recent days, several large technology have announced their investment plans by 2025. In all cases astronomical budgets for the construction of data centers for AI: Microsoft were announced: Microsoft He spoke of 80,000 million dollars, Google of 75,000Goal of 65,000 And at the end of the week Amazon exceeded all those figures and promised to invest 100,000 million dollars In this area. To get a slight idea of ​​what that figure supposes, a comparison: GDP Bulgaria was of 102,407 million dollars in 2023 (that of Spain, 1.62 billion). Apple. However, in Apple things are very different, and their capex planned for 2025 will remain almost flat compared to 2024 and will be 12,000 million dollars. It is a remarkable figure, of course, but is far from its competitors in the field of AI. And it is the one that has the most money. It is also interesting to compare the investment that these companies will make regarding their Market capitalization. Amazon is the strongest bet here: its capex is 4.12% its current market capitalization, followed by Meta and Google. Microsoft is somewhat more cautious (2.63%), but it surprises again that Apple, which is the world’s first company for market capitalization, has a capex of only 0.35% of all its value. Wall Street rules. The decisions of these companies seem to be very influenced by the behavior of stock markets. The presentation of financial results and short -term forecasts has caused a kind of contagious effect: if we do not invest a money in data centers, shareholders are going to punish us a lot, they seem to have said the Big Tech with those colossal figures. The great beneficiary is Nvidia. Meanwhile, it is likely that the great beneficiary of these colossal investments is Nvidia, which will be the one that will receive a good part of that money if everything follows the current trend. There will undoubtedly other beneficiaries in this area, but the Capex de Nvidia is comparatively ridiculous, both with respect to these companies and Regarding its current market capitalization (3.18 billion dollars). It is estimated that in fiscal year 2025 it will be about 3,000 million dollars, a quarter of the Apple, for example. In 2024 his capex It was barely 1,000 million dollars. Apple goes to another rhythm with AI. The firm of Cupertino seems clearly to have a very different strategy than that of its rivals in this segment. He has barely offered news since he presented Apple Intelligencewhose options are limited and whose deployment is being slow. The feeling, even internally, is that In Apple they are clear followers And that at the moment will not change. Image | Ekapol With Midjourney In Xataka | Is Tim Cook the Apple Ballmer and Nadella is the Microsoft Jobs?

The intentions of the United Kingdom with Apple are a nightmare for privacy. That of the British and that of the whole world

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With the security excuse, the United Kingdom has demanded from Apple to open an intentional gap in the privacy of its users that could have severe global consequences. Why is it important. The British government order would force Apple to create a universal access rear door to ICloud. That would not only compromise the security and privacy of British users: it would affect those around the world. The context. The British government has secretly ordered Apple to create a mechanism that allows access to all the encrypted content that any Apple user rises to the cloud, regardless of its location. He has revealed it The Washington Post citing their own sources. Between the lines. The British demand goes far beyond punctual collaboration with justice: it seeks to have total and permanent access to user encrypted data. We had never seen anything like that in a western democracy. What will happen now? It is an enigma, but there is a scenario that seems very likely: if this goes ahead, Apple will surely stop offering encryption storage in the United Kingdom rather than compromise global security. The order is based on the controversial Law of Investigation Powers of 2016, known as “Fake letter“ The law prohibits Apple to reveal the existence of this order or warn its users. The threat. If the United Kingdom gets this access, other countries could demand the same privilege, and that would create a domino effect that would load privacy as we know it. All world’s iPhone users would have a strainer on their phone. The battle for digital privacy always to two irreconcilable visions: National Security that governments claim The protection of data that defend technological ones. The following will be to see how Apple responds to this request, what options they have left and how it protects the privacy of its users if British legislation is reached that raises such an invasive scenario. In Xataka | Apple’s metamorphosis: from the minimalist catalog to calculated maximalism Outstanding image | Pexels, Xataka with Mockuuups Studio

OpenAi wants to make the leap to the general public. That is why 14 million dollars have been spent to advertise in the Super Bowl

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It is the first time that OpenAIthe company behind Chatgpt, made a television ad. And for the premiere it has been launched to the most luxurious showcase possible: for 14 million dollars it has rented a space in the intermediate of the Super Bowl, where they can be seen advances in film premieres most important next year and great names and media personalities supporting the best known brands in the world. Stand out on competition. While big colossi of the Tech industry like Microsoft, Alphabet, Goal, Anthropic (from Amazon) or XAI (from Elon Musk) a relevant position within the panorama of artificial intelligences (and with China are disputed to the race with recent phenomena such as Deepseek), Openai has taken a step forward to stand out in front of its competitors. Its 300 million weekly users have to be noticed, and the Super Bowl is the best platform for the name to sound out of merely technological environments. The investment war. According to The Wall Street Journalcompanies dedicated to AI spent $ 332 million in ads in 2024, which is more than double what they invested in 2023. It is clear that as the IAS cease to be a niche, the investment must be proportional to its intentions If it becomes known, which explains such notorious (and expensive) movements as Openai. Some precedents in the Super Bowl. Companies such as Google, Anthropic or Microsoft had already walked through the Super Bowl last year to teach some of their latest advances, although always in the context of advertisements of other products, where AI is an addition. For example, Google talked about Guided Framean assistant for AI who helps users from their Pixel cameras with vision problems to take photos. Microsoft talked about his co -pilot. And Anthropic was limited to a brief five -second message: “Claude is a next -generation AI assistant” But … what is the ad? A spot of just a minute, produced in collaboration with the Accenture Song and Drug5 agencies, makes the ambitious decision to summarize the history of information and how humans have been linked. The spot is entitled ‘The age of intelligence’ and has a very unique aesthetic: two points connecting to animations with the use of tens of these points creating complex images. Of course, this evolution in complexity culminates with voices in multiple languages ​​interacting with chatgpt. You can see the full announcement in Adweek. A name behind everything. Behind this launch is Kate Rouch, OpenAi’s Marketing Chief, and who had developed very aggressive sales strategies on the global coinbase cryptocurrency exchange platform: for example, an announcement also in the Super Bowl that won some notoriety for its use of a QR code on the screen. According to Rouch told The Vergethis new OpenAi announcement “is a celebration of human creativity and an extension” of it. Therefore, significantly, the announcement has been made (except in very initial phases of spot production) without the participation of any type of AI. Header | OpenAI In Xataka | Artificial Intelligence on your PC: The best free tools to install models of AI as Deepseek, call, mistral, gemma and more

A “bubble” in your defense

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A little over a decade ago, the United States’s fleet of aircraft carriers looked back and did not see anyone absolutely. There was not a single nation that approached the operational and quantitative supremacy of the Navy. And yet, just ten years later something has changed. In 2024, its fleet proved to remain the first of the league to face massive drones and missile attacks at the Red Seabut when he looks back now, Someone approaches every pill: China. The data that changes everything. In power shown by the United States in the Red Sea it is possible thanks to The powerful fleet of 11 USed of the US Navythat dominates both the Atlantic and the Pacific. However, a new rival is emerging quickly: China, which happened not to have a single carrier just over a decade ago To currently have three and an ambitious expansion plan with a room on the road that could be of nuclear propulsion. Historically, China has been a terrestrial power, but on its way to become a naval superpower, it has prioritized the modernization of its fleet. From Liaoning’s acquisition in 2012a rebuilt Soviet helmet, until The launch of the advanced Fujian in 2022the nation has not only shown that it can build aircraft carrier, but can design and operate them independently. Plus: It has a defensive bubble that gives it an advantage. 2049, the date marked in red. The Chinese objective is clear: Have at least seven carriers for 2049centenary of the Chinese revolution and date on which Beijing has set, a priori, his goal of reunification with Taiwan, by peaceful means (or military). Currently, the Navy of the Popular Liberation Army (Plan) already exceeds the United States Navy in number of ships, With more than 370 vessels against the 295 Americans. No doubt, if China manages to expand its fleet of aircraft carriers and improve its technology to the current rhythm, it could directly challenge US naval supremacy in the Indo-Pacific. The future of the war of aircraft carrier. If the United States and China maintain their current development rates, the 2040s will be a turning point in the global naval balance. The United States will deploy its sixth generation hunting NEXT GENERATION Air Dominance (NGAD)designed to overcome the weaknesses of the F-35 and offer greater scope and attack capacity. With a mix F-35C and NGAD, the American fleet will have an advantage in long-range air combat. China, meanwhile, will develop the J-35 hunting, its version of the F-35, and possibly introduce a new naval combat plane (J-XX). It will also have Your own KJ-600 early alert planeequivalent to E-2 Hawkeye. A different strategy. Unlike the United States Navy, where aircraft carriers are the central axis of their maritime strategy, China does not seem to depend on them as the cornerstone of their naval power. Instead of using them to project power globally, The Navy of the Popular Liberation Army (Plan) operates its aircraft carriers within a highly protected environmentprotected by his advanced ANTI-ACCESSING/DENion of Area Strategy (A2/AD in English). This defensive system has been Designed to master the first island chain (which includes Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines) and neutralize any attempt at US military intervention in the region. In other words, Chinese aircraft carriers are not, for themselves, a global naval supremacy tool. They are, rather, force multipliers inside the defensive shield A2/ADwhich allows them to operate with greater security and support Beijing’s growing influence on the Indo-Pacific. The expansion of aircraft carriers in the strategy. Counted in The National Interest That the development of the China aircraft fleet has been rapid and methodical. What began with the Liaoning, that old rebuilt Soviet helmet and even belittled by the naval powers, has become an increasingly advanced and ambitious naval construction program. As we said at the beginning, China currently has three aircraft carriers. Namely: the Liaoning (2012), and the first of its class mainly used for training and tests. Then it is The Shandong (2019)an improved version of the Liaoning, but even with technological limitations, such as its ramp take-off system (skii-jump), and Finally the Fujian (2022)the most advanced so far, With electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) and a design that brings it closer to the standards of US carriers. Liaoning A room on the road. The fourth aircraft carrier, whose launch is planned in the coming years, I could mark a milestone for China if it really is nuclear propulsionwhich would significantly increase its autonomy and capacity of operations away from the Chinese coast. The key: a bubble. The concept of anti-access/denial of area (A2/AD) is based on The combination of long -range missiles, advanced radars and electronic war systems to create a defensive shield that hinders the entry of enemy forces into a specific region. In this regard, China has developed a sophisticated A2/AD network in the Indo-Pacificusing anti -men’s ballistic missiles (as the DF-21D and The DF-26), Advanced Air Defense Systems, Silent Submarines and Electronic Interference Technology to deter and neutralize the US military presence in the region. In fact, thanks to this kind of bubble Of defense, Chinese carriers do not need to operate independently or venture away from their coasts. Instead, They can move with relative security within the protected areausing its airplanes to reinforce Beijing control over Taiwan and the South China Sea. For its part, United States aircraft carriers do not have this level of protection in the Western Pacific. While the American navy remains the most powerful naval force in the world, its attack groups of aircraft carriers can be threatened when operating within the radius of the Chinese missiles, which exposes them to a much greater risk. Strategic impact Thus, Beijing’s strategy completely changes the rules of the game in the Pacific. Instead of competing directly with the United States in the amount of aircraft carrier and its power projection capacity, China is building a naval force designed to make US carriers less effective Within its sphere of influence. This inevitably leads … Read more

We already know when and where will 1 nm chips manufacture

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The economic results that has reached TSMC for 2024 They have been extraordinary. In fact, their income has broken a record by increasing 34% compared to those obtained in 2023. Only during last December the 8,400 million dollarsa figure that represents an increase of 57.8% compared to the same month of the previous year. The engine of these figures are semiconductors for applications of artificial intelligence (AI) that TSMC manufactures for Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom and other customers. However, the arrival of Donald Trump to the US government pours some clouds over this Taiwanese company. During the electoral campaign he promised that he would make the decisions that were necessary to reinforce the business of US companies within the US. And he also assured that he would sanction tariffs all those countries that threaten the interests of the nation that leads since January 20. As soon as he has been in the government for three weeks, and he is already doing both. “In the very close future we will impose tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceutical products to return the manufacture of these essential goods to the US (…) went to Taiwan; now we want them to return. We do not want to give them Millions of dollars in the ridiculous Biden program. 100%”, Donald Trump recently declared during a conference that was held in Florida (USA). Punta technology is the best TSMC asset The express mention to Taiwan that the US president has made is a very clear allusion to TSMC. On this Asian island there are other semiconductor manufacturers, such as UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) or PSMC (Powerchip semiconductor manufacturing corporation), but its relevance in the chips market is much lower than that of the company currently leads CC Wei. TSMC dominates the integrated circuit market with A quota of approximately 60%so your leadership in the chip manufacturing industry is indisputable. TSMC is developing its infrastructure in the US to protect your business in the US market Anyway, the passing step that the US administration is going to give will not take TSMC by surprise. This company has been outlining its strategy for more than four years to extend its semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure Beyond Taiwan’s borders. And he is doing it for two reasons. On the one hand it is an effective way to protect your business if at any time it is triggered A war conflict between China and Taiwanand their plants on the island were useless. And, in addition, TSMC is significantly developing its infrastructure in the US to protect your business in the US market. However, this is not all. The newspaper Taiwan Economic Daily He has published a report in which he ensures that TSMC plans to tune up a cutting -edge semiconductor plant that will be expressly designed to produce 1 Nm chips. It will be housed in the Taiwanese town of Tainan, and will be called ‘Fab 25’. He will work with 12 -inch wafers, will have six production lines and start large -scale manufacturing in 2030. It may seem that there is still a long time left, but it is not so. Building a state -of -the -art chips factory usually requires at least three years. And then TSMC engineers will have to purify and Optimize your 1 Nm production nodes. We will see if this company finally fulfills its purpose, but there is no doubt about one thing: the most effective protection against the measures that the administration led by Donald Trump approves in the future is having the best technology in the semiconductor industry. This is precisely what TSMC pursues. Image | TSMC More information | Taiwan Economic Daily In Xataka | Intel was about to snatch Apple as a client from TSMC. Having achieved its story would be another

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