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Silicon Valley doesn’t know what to do with so many unemployed engineers. Spain does not know where to get what it needs

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The global technology sector has been facing a kind of roller coaster very conditioned by AIin which while in some corners of the planet there is a commitment to destroying employment in this sector, in other countries it is created at a frenetic pace and even a scenario of staff shortage skilled. Since mid-2022, Silicon Valley has not stopped destroy technological jobs. On the other hand, in Spain the trend is just the opposite, and this sector has not stopped growing at a notable rate, being the exception among advanced economies. Global downward trends. A recent analysis by economist Brendon Bernard for the employment platform Indeed in Canada confirms that job offers in technology have slowed down in countries like the US and Canada. This change occurs after a crisis caused mainly by the pandemic and the collapse of the metaverse, which caused rounds of massive layoffs in large technology companies and drastic cuts between 2022 and mid-2023. The appearance of ChatGPT and the AI ​​fever managed to stop the downward trend in the sector’s offers, but the initial boost that AI seemed to give has stalled and technological employment in the world has not recovered its 2022 levels. Spain follows its own path. As and how they stand out in The Economistamong all this downward trend in technological employment in advanced economies, one stands out that marks a totally opposite path: Spain. Bernard’s study highlights that, while large advanced economies such as the United States (-34%), the United Kingdom (-41%), France (-38%) and Germany (-29%) reduce the number of technological job offers compared to their pre-pandemic levels, countries such as Singapore, Spain and Australia draw a graph in the opposite direction, creating new job offers at a double-digit rate. Technological employment in Spain. In Spain, technological employment is growing rapidly. According to data According to the Cotec Foundation for Innovation, 494,000 new positions have been created in technological activities since 2013, of which approximately half (about 240,000) have been generated after 2020. The weight of technological employment over total employment is especially high in communities such as Madrid (10.5%), Navarra (10%) and Catalonia (9%). On the other hand, regions such as the Balearic Islands (2.7%) or the Canary Islands (2.2%) have a lower concentration of technological job offers. Lots of supply, but much more demand. In fact, the rebound in the Spanish technology sector faces a serious challenge: staff shortages. According to the report HR Trends 2024‘ prepared by Randstad, more than 30% of companies reported difficulties in finding qualified talent in digital areas, which causes certain positions to take months to fill. This generates tensions in the technological labor market and increases competition by the professionals available. The Cotec Foundation report indicates that the growth in technological employment is based largely on programming, consulting and computing, which account for nearly 80% of the employment generated since 2020. To give a concrete example, Randstad data indicates that, during the third quarter of 2024, employment among programmers in Spain registered an increase of 16.4%. Demand reaches universities. According to the report’The Future of Talent in Artificial Intelligence and Data in Spain‘ prepared by INDESIA, in 2023 5,000 job offers in AI and data science were left unfilled per lack of trained candidates. The education system can only train about 6,000 new professionals annually in these areas, while demand is increasing. Núria Ávalos, general director of INDESIA, explained to The Country that “many grades are now emerging, but until these people are in a position to take on positions such as a data architect there are a few years left”, which exacerbates the gap between supply and demand. In response, companies and universities are exploring joint training models, where companies themselves become training centers to urgently cover this need for qualified talent. What AI gives you, AI takes away. Despite the good figures for technological employment in Spain, it is inevitable to observe the United States labor market as a canary in the mine that reveals where the trends in the futureand has already begun to give the first signs. While it is true that the arrival of AI stopped the decline in employment, as AI gains skills in programming and basic tasks, it is also promoting job automationwhich reduces the number of necessary technological employees, especially among those who just begin their working career. We are seeing a clear example in the latest layoffs from large technology companies, where not only are “accessory” positions for an approach whose objective is the development of AI, but engineers who until now are being fired they were developing that AI. In Xataka | Big Tech doesn’t stop firing its engineers. At the same time, they have stepped on the accelerator in hiring Image | Unsplash (Fatemeh Rezvani)

AI was supposed to free us from work. At the moment the engineers who develop it work 100 hours a week

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He impact of AI on work It fills many pages. On the one hand, it is presented as a threat to many jobs. On the other hand, a much more positive vision in which AI frees us from the burden of work so we can enjoy life. For now, what we do know for sure has been true is that the engineers who work in AI companies are working endless hours. what’s happening. We already talked about what Silicon Valley was embracing the 996th journey that China had already left behind. We are talking about twelve-hour days, six days a week, that is, 72 hours a week. Several AI engineers have in the WSJ that the days reach even 80 and even 100 hours per week, even comparing the situation with war. We are talking about large companies like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Anthropic or Google, all competing to be the best in the frenetic AI race. May the rhythm not stop. The innovation cycle is crazy; Almost every week new models and new tools are announced that are not made alone. In the main AI laboratories there is no rest. Josh Batson, an engineer at Anthropic, defines it in a very graphic way: “we are basically trying to compress 20 years of scientific progress into two years.” In the small startups in the valley, things don’t change much and it is becoming more and more common that people are required to work 996 in the job interviews themselves. “We do not offer conciliation,” said the CEO of one of them. The urgency of the AGI. Furthermore, there is artificial general intelligence or AGI, that superintelligence that gurus like Altman either Musk They don’t stop mentioning. Especially in the case of OpenAI, getting the AGI is already a matter of survival. It would be a perfect argument to justify the parade of stratospheric investments of the last few weeks that have fueled bubble fears. Millionaire salaries. Over the summer, Mark Zuckerberg set out on a mission: take all the AI ​​galactics to Meta. He has managed to form a team, but also that millionaire salaries raise the bar even further in the sector. Engineers are the most precious resource and must be used accordingly. The irony of the situation is that many of these engineers who are now multimillionaires practically live in the office. Waking up from sleep. Gone are the days when working at a big technology company meant having all kinds of comforts. Google, for example, was a paradise with gyms, cafes, shops… even masseuses when you needed them. The return to the offices after the pandemic was anything but paradisiacal and many of those privileges disappeared. Until when? It’s a question we ask ourselves a lot when we talk about the AI ​​career. How long will the flow of investment continue despite the fact that AI is not making money (or not enough)? And now too, until when will there be engineers willing to dedicate all their time to AI? There have been other frenetic moments in Silicon Valley, such as the app boom after the launch of the first iPhone. The difference is that this is happening in much less time. Image | Pexels In Xataka | The co-founder of OpenAI is not afraid of superintelligence: he fears that we are building “digital ghosts”

Big Tech do not stop saying goodbye to their engineers. In parallel, they have stepped on the accelerator in the hiring

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The labor market for software engineers in 2025 is going through A disconcerting phase. While many companies are running Great rounds of layoffs And vacancies take longer to cover themselves, the great technological have stepped on the accelerator in their hiring registering a moderate increase in recent months. With the aim of understanding this phenomenon, Gergely Oroszengineer, analyst and author of ‘The Software Engineer’s Guidebook’ has crossed data from different technological employment platforms to offer a detailed analysis of the labor market in 2025. The result shows a panorama in transformation, in which traditional rules seem to have changed and Big Tech movements point to a future very marked by AI. Boom in layoffs, but also in hiring. Just check quickly The newspaper library recent to discover that technology companies are executing Dismissal rounds In his templates. According to dataFrom the Trueup platform, in what we have been counted about 141,000 dismissals Among the great technology. The estimates are that 2025 closure with 210,000 layoffs that, despite being many, are below the 430,000 layoffs that were recorded in 2023 or 239,000 of 2024. Dismissal figures in the technology sector However, those same companies are the ones that are most hiring in recent months, registering a Mild up rising trend in the total of new offers in the labor market. The reason: these layoffs are not due to economic difficulties, but because companies have changed their business goals and are reorieting their templates. Companies such as Apple (2,177 vacancies), IBM (1,924 vacancies), Amazon (1,794 vacancies) and Oracle (1,394 vacancies) are the ones that have registered the most vacancies, according to the data revealed by Orosz. Zuckerberg has taken the wallet. In case the latest movements of Millionaire signings in AI They leave a doubt, goal is the company that is hiring the most engineers, with an increase of 19% compared to its 2022 template.Google and Apple show a somewhat more leisurely rhythm in hiring, although they increase their templates with new hiring at a rate of 16% and 13% respectively with respect to 2022. Amazon and Microsoft later began their Pivotage to AIand their figures are maintained below 8%, although the last restructuring movements Of both companies, they point out that, in the face of the last quarter, that percentage will tend up. Who is hired. Big Tech are immersed In a race For immediate profitable Investments in AI. So the profile that is being demanded most is the IA engineer profile that, According to data In Trueup, it has increased by 278.5% since its lowest point in 2023 and currently has 24,957 vacancies open. The hiring data also reveal that the profile most demand IA -oriented specialtiesbut they are the engineers who already have a certain experience (with 27,864 vacancies available) or already with a senior profile (with 22,477 published employment offers). Orosz’s analysis data reveal that the seniors engineers of ia will cover those vacancies, They will leave Big Tech Consolidated such as Google, Meta, Apple or Microsoft, joining projects in the new heavyweights of AI such as OpenAi, Anthropic or XAI, as well as other emerging unicorns. The AI ​​recover the work remote and sacrifices the bosses. According to data published by Orosz, the volume of offers of remote employment has fallenRegarding the previous year. However, the exception of the brand again the engineering of AI, where the urgency to recruit talent causes a relatively high number of vacancies to be maintained with the possibility of remote work. In parallel, the leadership positions in engineering are seen increasingly limited. Amazon has significantly reduced the engineering managers roles. For its part, almost all Big Tech – with the exception of Apple— They have trimmed the creation of positions of director or intermediate positions. This adjustment responds to a reorganization of internal structures, such as the one that has launched Googlethat prioritize smaller and agile equipment. In Xataka | Google Deepmind has made possible the dream of some employees: charging without working Image | Flikr (Village Global). Goal, Wikimedia Commons (EESAN1969), Trueup

Zuckerberg is offering 1,000 million to take the best engineers. The problem is that they are rejecting it

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After being considered The cover of the AIGoal did not live up to expectations with The flame launch 4. So, in the Search for general artificial intelligence (AGI), Mark Zuckerberg He entered “Founder Mode”. Your great goal? Start winning another of the wars that I was losing: The attraction of talent. The ambition behind their Galactic offers believe A new upper class in Silicon Valley. Waiting to see results from his new Superintelligence team, of China majority, Zuck It has encountered a company where for the moment it has not been able to fish despite offers of up to 1,000 million dollars, According to Wired. It’s about Thinking Machines Labthe startup of Look Murati. So powerful gentleman is not a money. It is not yet known exactly what they are in in Thinking Machines Lab, but among its more than 50 employees there is a lot of talent, starting with Murati, one of the chatgpt mothers and head of OpenAi technology until less than a year ago. Goal has made offers to more than ten startup employees. And what offers. The Zuckerberg company has offered payments of between 50 and 100 million euros in the first year, with amounts ranging from 200 to 500 million dollars in four years, according to Wired. With an exception: an offer of 1,000 million in several years. And neither has a goal to attract talent: for now, employees are not accepting offers. The reason. Sam Altman came to affirm that Meta failed to take away talent because Openai employees believed that his company would be the best positioned for “Develop superintelligence“And” the company that is worth more. “According to Wired sources, which has led to Thinking Machines Lab to retain talent has to do with the leadership style of Alexandr Wangco -founder of Scale aiand that Zuckerberg has put in charge of the galactic team superintelligence labs. Despite their history, they mention their lack of experience (28 years) as one of the causes not to want to work under their command. That has not prevented the round of signings centered on OpenAi and Deepmind to be successful, despite having engineers from the same profile of the Murati team. Mark Chen, Cro, from Openai, told the respect that they felt that “Someone has sneaked into our house and stole something“. According to him Wall Street JournalChen would have been another of the AI geniuses to which Zuckerberg would have offered an offer on 1,000 million. Important, “for the moment”. In a market that does not stop moving, the deadlines are crucial and very changing decisions. Sam Altman He presumed That goal was not able to take any of its best employees despite offers of 100 million a year. However, a few days later, It was confirmed that with his irrigation of finishing money he had attracted: Bi Suchao (ex-openai. China): He was co-creator of the GPT-4o and O4-mini voice mode. Chang Huiwen (Ex-Openai. China): Co-Creator of the GPT-4O image generator. Before he worked in Google, where he created Maskit and Muse. Lin Ji (Ex-Openai. China): He worked on the creation of several language models, from GPT-4O to GPT-4.5. He also dealt with the reasoning of Operator. Ren Hongyu (ex-openai. China): He helped create several models and led the post-training team. Zhao Shengjia (Ex-Openai. China): He directed the synthetic data program and was key in the creation of Chatgpt. Yu Jiahui (ex-openai. China) led the perception team. Trapit Bansal (Ex-Openai. India): co-creator of several language models and pioneer of the combination between reinforced learning and ‘chain of thought’. It seems that Zuck Yes managed to leave several of the best, with a Chinese majority. You have to wait to see if the finishing CEO does not cause any ravage in Thinking Machines Lab. Ilya Sutskeveranother ancient heavyweight of OpenAi, a goal was not successful, even offering him Buy your startup for 32,000 million dollars. But the Meta team did Add to Daniel Grossyour adventure partner. In Apple they are falling. After fishing in Deepmind and Openai, goal pulled wallet with another Big Tech, Apple. Achievement take to Ruoming Pangfor 200 million dollars distributed in several years, an amount superior even to the one Tim Cook takes In a similar period. After this announcement, key for being Pang responsible for Apple’s models, Cupertino’s company lost two of the employees who worked for him: Mark Lee and Tom Gunter. Yesterday Bloomberg reported fourth big exit: Bowen Zhang. A plan that goes beyond talent. With the Metaverso as long -term betand with him Wall Street supportMark Zuckerberg goes with everything for AI. And everything is not just talent. He is so hurry to lead the AI who has done something unusual: Build a tent databasewaiting for it to be built ‘Hyperion‘, its mastodontic Data Center for the size of Manhattan. Feeding these megaconstructions need energy, a lot of energy. And goal too is launched for hereven betting on nuclear centrals that They were going to close soon. Image | Goal and Xataka In Xataka | The AI industry has become a kind of ‘game of thrones’. And that reveals a worrying truth for your future

Airplanes have been depending on GPS for decades. Some engineers have another idea to replace it: quantum technology

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Airbus and the company derived from Google focused on quantum technology and IA, Sandboxaq, have completed more than 150 flight hours Testing Magnava revolutionary system that uses Quantum sensors to detect the unique magnetic “fingerprints” of each point on the earth. The initial results have been promising, and are a sign that technology could rival the Traditional GPS and even overcome it in precision. Why is it relevant. The GPS has become the Achilles heel of modern aviation. Interference attacks and Spoofing They are dramatically increasing in conflicting areas such as the Middle East, Ukraine and Russia, and this It also affects civil flights. The military use these techniques to confuse missiles and drones, but the consequences extend dangerously to commercial aviation. Hence the importance of looking for a viable alternative to GPS. Magnav. Image: Sandboxaq The secret of its operation. Magnav has more or less the size of a toaster, and has a laser that shoots photons against electrons. When the laser goes out, these electrons release the absorbed photons with a unique energy firm that reflects the intensity of the earth’s magnetic field in that exact location. An artificial intelligence algorithm processes this information and compares it with detailed magnetic maps to determine the position of the plane. Each square meter of the planet has an unrepeatable magnetic firm, created by the iron particles of the earth’s core that magnetize the minerals of the cortex. More precision and more difficult to supplant. Unlike GPS, which depends on vulnerable digital signals from satellites, quantum sensors are completely analog and process data generated entirely on board. Jack Hidary, CEO of Sandboxaq, Explain that this makes them “essentially impossible to interfere or supplant.” During the evidence, Magnav managed to meet the standards of the Federal American Aviation Administration 100% of the time, maintaining precision within 2 nautical miles. Even more impressive, it reached a 550 -meter accuracy in 64% of the occasions. Beyond aircraft. The experts They predict A quantum sensor market valued between 1,000 and 6,000 million dollars by 2040. This technology promises to detect submarines and hidden tunnels in defensive applications, and weak magnetic signs of the heart and brain in medicine, allowing non -invasive diagnoses. Joe Depa, Global Innovation Director of EY, Underline That “we are not talking about something within 20 years, but about something that is here and now.” The next step. Sandboxaq plans to go first to the defense sector before expanding to commercial flights. Although more evidence and certifications are required, Hidary stands out that have overcome “the difficult part: demonstrate that technology works.” According to him, it is the “first novel absolute navigation system that we know in the last 50 years.” Cover image | Ross Parmly In Xataka | The 777x is Boeing’s great bet to return to the top: folding wings, redesign cabin and the largest engine in the world

Chips manufacturers seek talent urgently. In Europe only 100,000 more engineers are needed

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During the next five years the global semiconductor industry will need to incorporate nothing less than One million qualified workers. This prognosis is no elucubration; It comes from SEMIan international organization that watches over the interests of the electronics industries and integrated circuits. According to their forecasts Europe will face a deficit of 100,000 engineers, and Asia will need 200,000 qualified technicians. These a priori figures may seem exaggerated, but they are not at all if we consider that for 2024 the chips industry grew by 19.1% compared to 2023 thanks to the demand for GPUs for artificial intelligence (AI) and consumer electronic products, as well as to the expansion of 5G communications throughout the planet and the development of the car market. In 2024 the global semiconductor industry invoiced 627.6 billion dollars. There are not enough professionals to support the growth of this industry TSMC, The biggest chips manufacturer on the planethe goes hunting again year after year to be able to meet his needs. During 2023 recruited 6,000 engineers For its Taiwan facilities, and presumably this trend also remained for 2024. And between 2025 and 2028 it will start several semiconductor manufacturing plants in the US, Germany, Taiwan and Japan. TSMC is one of the most successful companies in this sector, but with all probability other chips designers and manufacturers will also need to strengthen their templates. The average salary of an engineer without previous experience, backed by a master’s degree and newly arrived at TSMC exceeds $ 65,500 annually In this situation the salaries offered by these companies are very high. The average salary of an engineer without previous experience, endorsed by a master’s degree and newcomer to TSMC exceeds $ 65,500 annually (Approximately 56,000 euros), But this is just the starting point. It is assumed that as their salary acquires experience. The problem facing semiconductor companies, According to semiis that as many people with technical profile are not being formed in universities as they will need in the short and medium term. In addition, many of the most experienced engineers are retiring or will do so before 2030. As a button shows: in the US, a third of employees of integrated circuit companies have 55 years or more. And in Germany a third of the technicians who have developed their work career in the chips industry will retire throughout the next decade. However, there is another challenge that also compromises the future of these companies: the next batch of engineers will have to have advanced skills in AI and Automatic learning. The companies that are dedicated to the semiconductors are aware of the problem that already looms on them, which has caused some to have launched initiatives that initiatives that initiatives that initiatives that They go beyond offering good salaries. Some of these measures are to invest in the progression of their professionals and offer them flexibility to prevent them from leaving; in seeking candidates with non -traditional profiles in which their skills prevail and not their training, or in promoting the incorporation of women into this industry. At the moment Women represent only 17% of technical positions in the semiconductor industry. Image | TSMC More information | SEMI In Xataka | We already know what the chips that will arrive until 2039 will be. The machine that will manufacture them is close

engineers with sports salaries

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Imagine that a company offered you 100 million dollars to go to work with it. 100. Millions. That is precisely What Meta has offered several Openai engineers To sign. It is the demonstration of a unique phenomenon: right now in Silicon Valley, the engineers of AI are almost like sport superstars. The Galactics of Technology. Sam Altman, OpenAi CEO, He counted In the podcast “UNCapped” how target had made those “gigantic offers” of work to several OpenAi engineers in which he offered bonuses of 100 million dollars to sign them. “I am very happy because at least for the moment none of our best engineers have accepted,” he said, which seems to confirm that even that obscene amount of money had managed to convince those OpenAi experts to change the side. Talent War AI. The company led by Mark Zuckerberg seems to be desperate to get talent at all costs. Deedy DasMenlo Park Ventures manager, explained that despite offering annual salaries of two million dollars to their AI engineers, “continue to lose them in favor of OpenAi or Anthropic. The talent war is absolutely ridiculous.” Desperate measures? Alberto Romero, author of the Newsletter The Algorithmic Bridge, He described These offers of an obscenity and analyzed the finish line, which in recent weeks is demonstrating serious problems not losing ground in the field of AI. Call 4 has been A small disasterand Metaai It does not seem to curdle at all even being part of WhatsApp or Instagram. Restructuring and very risky investments. Zuckerberg is so concerned about the bad progress of his AI projects that He has activated his “Founder Mode” To put in charge of that effort. Has restructured the organization of Meta and its divisions dedicated to AI, but above all it has made an exceptional decision: pay 14.3 billion dollars for a 49% participation in the (not well known) Scaleai. Not so much for that participation, in reality, but to sign Alexandr Wang, his CEOwhich will now direct the division of AI and that also, Romero points out, thus becomes “the most expensive spy in history.” Scaleai works labeling AI data for companies such as OpenAi or Anthropic, and the question here is whether the knowledge you have acquired about these companies will end up being helpful or not. In The Information They point What a goal wants to hire Nat Friedman –Exceiver of github“And Daniel Gross -which worked in Apple’s division and co -founded Safe Superintelligence. Beyond money. The obsession of AI companies for winning that particular battle has made the best experts in this field become quoted figures for companies. Noam Brown, one of OpenAi researchers, He explained in Reuters How in 2023 several greats of technology “courted” him. He ate with Sergey Brin, co -founder of Google, played poker with Sam Altman and received the visit in Jet private from an investor. Two other candidates told how Elon Musk personally called them to work in XAI. In the end Brown decided on OpenAi for both the people who worked there and for the work they were doing. “In fact, it was not the best option I had,” he confessed. Millionaire salaries. And the companies that have the talent want to retain it. Openai offered bonuses of two million dollars and additional shares worth $ 20 million or more if they stayed in the company, two sources confessed to Reuters. Apparently some employees showed their intention to go to work for the new Ilya Sutskever company, Safe Superintelligence. The best Openai researchers receive bonus packages of 10 million dollars a year, these sources also highlight Reuters. In Deepmind these packages become 20 million dollars a year. Much demand, very little supply. Fortune estimated that there are about 1,000 true great researchers around the world, and that does not only have some companies to convince them to work for them. As the publication points out, money matters and the project matters, but personal ties also matter. When Murati looks He left Openai To create Your own startuphe took with her 19 employees of the firm, including one of his co -founders, John Schulman. The new sport superstars in Silicon Valley. All technological, large or small companies drive this phenomenon. Apple has managed to sign several Google employees, although some like Ian Goodfellow ended up returning to Deepmind. And those who do not go to a great company, create one. It has happened with Sutskever or Murati, which have already received multimillion -dollar investment rounds. They are the new superstars of the other sport. That of artificial intelligence. Image | Techcrunch | Goal In Xataka | Goal wants to feed its AI without depending on the weather. Your bet: Underground heat without leaks

Nvidia desperately seeks engineers for its Taiwan R&D center. They even accuse you of “stealing them” to TSMC

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Nvidia smiles at the future. The pulse held by the US and China governments is degrading their business in the latter country because the US administration prevents them from selling its chips to its Chinese clients to artificial intelligence (Ia) more powerful. Even so, the company led by Jensen Huang currently monopolizes about 90% of the market of the GPUs for Ia. It is likely that in the medium term its quota will be reduced against the presumable growth of competitors such as Huawei or AMD, but right now Nvidia has no reason to worry. And it does not have them because the semiconductor market to grow a lot over the next few years. According to the AMR consultant (Allied Market Research) In 2031 it will have a turnover volume of More than 263,000 million dollars. It is a real barbarity, especially if we are in mind that in 2021 its business amounted to just over 11,000 million dollars. Although the NVIDIA quota is reduced during the next few years, it is reasonable to assume that its business volume will be increased by market growth. The problem facing this company is now another. This is what the engineers who hire in Taiwan pay Nvidia’s directive dome seems to be very clear about what to continue growing next to the AI ​​chips market for data centers: expand. It is about it. However, we must not overlook that this company is dedicated to the design of integrated circuits, so it does not need to invest in the construction of semiconductor manufacturing plants; What needs to expand its network of research and development centers (R&D). And Taiwan is a very attractive destination. Nvidia already has an R&D center in Taiwan, and is launching another The semiconductor industry is The main support of the island’s economywhich has caused Taiwanese universities to develop specialized training programs that seek to place the highly qualified technical staff on the labor market that They require companies such as TSMC, UMC or Foxconnamong others. Nvidia already has an R&D center in Taiwan, and is launching another. However, you are facing a very serious problem: it is having many difficulties in recruiting the highly qualified engineers you need. It is surprising, but although in Taiwan thousands of engineers are formed every year, the companies of the island have a hard time recruiting as many as they need. Even to TSMC. To solve this problem NVIDIA has chosen to offer very high wages. An engineer who has just finished his studies and, therefore, has no experience, pays him a maximum salary of $ 83,000 annually. And an experienced engineer up to 185,000 dollars a year and a very juicy bonus. According to the Taiwanese medium EBC News Nvidia’s aggressive salaries’ policy responds to the need for attract TSMC engineers highly qualified. It does not seem crazy. After all, the law of supply and demand works. Image | Nvidia More information | Tom’s hardware In Xataka | Nvidia has to deal with the absolute distrust of several US legislators. His plan in China is in danger

NASA engineers have repaired in extremis lost engines 20 years ago

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When we thought we had seen everything from Voyager 1, NASA surprises us with a new feat. The venerable space probe, which has been moving away from the earth almost half a century, has recovered engines that were considered lost since 2024; A crucial repair that arrives just in time. Miracle? Nothing of the sort. It has been a mixture of ingenuity and risk that allowed NASA engineers Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Not only promises to exhaust the useful life of the probe, but was made just before the only land antenna capable of sending commands to enter a long maintenance period. Context. The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977 with its twin Voyager 2, is located in the interstellar space, about 25,000 million kilometers from the earth. Traveling almost 56,000 kilometers per hour, to keep your main antenna pointing towards us and being able to send us your data, the ship needs to make subtle orientation settings. These movements, remember Paraspacial procesthey are of three types: nod (up and down), wink (left and right) and praise. The latter, the “roll” movement, turns the ship on its axis, and is essential to keep a guide star that Voyager uses to orient and calibrates its magnetometer. They threw the towel. The main propellers of Alabeo de la Voyager 1 stopped working in 2004 for the loss of energy of two small internal heater. Without heater, the fuel of the propellers (hydrazine) is freezing and can cause an explosion in the ship’s nozzle. At that time, NASA engineers concluded that the ruling was irreparable and decided to move on to the reserve praise, they have been working to guide the ship since then. “They probably did not think that the Voyager would continue to run another 20 years,” Kareem Badaruddin, leader of the Voyager Mission in the JPL, said in a statement. 20 years later. The ducts of the reserve propensors are beginning to obstruct due to hydraction residues. According to NASA estimates, they could be completely blocked this autumn, which would make Voyager 1 lose the ability to control alabeo, making the mission seriously danger. Given this perspective, the Voyager team began a career to counter to reexamine the 2004 ruling. The suspicion was that a disturbance in the circuits that control the energy supply of the heater had “moved a switch” to the incorrect position. If they could return that switch to their original state, perhaps the heaters would work again and, with them, the alabus thrusters. A doubly risky plan. It involved lighting the inactive propellants and then trying to fix and restart the heaters. If during this process, the ship’s tracker was too diverted from its guide star, the inactive propellers would firing automatically. And if the heaters were still turned off at that time, an explosion could have occurred. To top it off, NASA only had a margin until May 4 for a scheduled maintenance of antenna 43 of the deep space network. The 70 -meter antenna, located at the Cambberra station, is the only take a whole day to arrive and another to returnthey played to counterreloj. Success. In spite of everything, the team sent the necessary commands on March 18. March 20, They received telemetry with the results. For relief and euphoria of the team, at 20 minutes of starting to receive the data, the temperature of the heater increased drastically. The plan had worked. With this repair, the mission team breathes calmer. If current alabeous propellants are obstructed in the coming months, Voyager 1 may be changed without problems to these newly reactivated propellers and continue working normally. Image | NASA-JPL In Xataka | The rescue of Voyager 1 has begun. With 8 kb of memory, a programming language of 1957 and an unimportant LAG

The housing market in Malaga is becoming such a drama that neither good salary engineers can rent

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In Malaga a curious dichotomy is being given. The city has become a International Technological Pole and business successful model. However, after that brilliant facade of innovation, a worrying reality is hidden: many qualified engineers and professionals cannot afford rent a house in the city. This technological boom is generating a housing crisis that is expelling the architects of Malaga progress. Malaga Techpark: You can die of success. The Andalusian Technology Park (Málaga Techpark) or PTA, is an example of success that has put Malaga on the international technological map. According to data provided by PTAin 2024, the park reached record figures with 27,940 jobs and a turnover of 4,181 million euros, which represents a growth of 21% compared to 2023. The arrival of renowned technology companies, such as Google, and the future IMEC installationa World Vanguard Microelectronics Research Center, consolidate Malaga as an innovation pole. The housing problem. This technological expansion has attracted new talent from everywhere and Malaga has become an attractive place for entrepreneurs and startups. Despite economic growth and job creation, Malaga faces a serious housing problem. Rental and purchase prices have shot in the capital of Malaga, according to data from the real estate portal IdealisticIn 2017, the price of housing in the city of Malaga was around 1,590 euros/m2, while currently 3301 euros/m2. Only for 2024, the price has increased by 21.4%, making a housing at a reasonable price It is difficult for many professionals. Even well paid. As Felipe Romera, general director of the PTA, said in An interview For the local newspaper Malaga todayis also affecting professionals with good salaries, being a stumbling block to capture and retain this new talent that is reaching Malaga. Expelled from Malaga. As in many other large cities in Spain, this real estate problem has led many of these workers to look for alternatives in surrounding towns to Malaga, increasing real estate pressure on these areas and generating mobility problems in the access roads to the new technological infrastructure. Romera described this situation as a “city failure”, where economic success is expelling its own citizens. The lack of affordable housing threatens to undermine Malaga’s appeal as a technological center. Telework and transport. Given this panorama, teleworking and the improvement of public transport are presented as possible solutions to relieve pressure on housing in Malaga. Teleworking allows professionals live in more affordable areas no need to move to the city daily. However, for this option to be viable, it is necessary to have a good Internet connection and quality services in peripheral areas. Romera pointed out that the improvement of public transport was also a fundamental aspect to facilitate the mobility of technological workers who live outside Malaga to avoid the dependence of the car to go to the work center. These measures could contribute to reducing housing demand in Malaga and relaxing real estate pressure. Malaga is not an isolated case. The problem of accommodation for its workers is not exclusive to Malaga. Other areas with strong economic growth, as IbizaThey are also experiencing similar housing crisis in which the price of housing is affecting talent collection. Although employment offers are attractive, high rental prices make Do not be profitable For employees. The City of Malaga and the Junta de Andalucía are aware of the housing problem And they are taking measures to address it. Projects are being promoted Social Housing Construction and land are being reclassified to increase the offer. However, these projects take time to materialize due to the labor shortage that the sector already lives the complexity of administrative procedures. In Xataka | If the question is whether tourist floors take the price of rentals, we already have the answer: more than 30% Image | Unspash (Jonas Denil)

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