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The visual spectacularity of ‘The Witcher 4’ is ridiculous everything seen so far. And it is the main sin of the industry

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The technical demo of ‘The Witcher 4’ has left the players community speech and has become the star demo of the State of Unreal 2025where Epic Games has presented the latest news regarding its star graphic engine. A waste of overwhelming graphics that, at the same time, summarizes one of the great problems of the industry: being always dealing with futures. What has been seen. First of all, it should be emphasized that the seen is a technical demo IN-ENGINENot a video In-game. That is, it is the Unreal Engine 5 running in real time, nothing of a CGI scene, but it is not a captured fragment of the game. In this case it ran in a PlayStation 5, but CD Projakt wanted to make it clear that it is still not clear in which format the format will appear New installment of ‘The Witcher’. It is simply an exhibition of everything that the game can offer in terms of characters animations, fauna, mapping, reactions. A wonder that as we already knew, will star in an old acquaintance of the saga: Ciri. Mea guilt. This presentation also serves for CD Projakt Red to reassure players: The fiasco of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ In consoles, they say (without hesitation, qualify as “disaster”), it will not be repeated. That is why they do not have a date for this ‘The Witcher 4’: the time that is necessary to become a “new reference” of games of this type will be in development. In times of ‘GTA VI‘It is not a bad purpose, but the truth is that the seen seems to be up to the circumstances: the magnitude of the scenarios, the naturalness of the movements, the realism of the gestures, the apparent diversity of possible reactions of the characters … is simply overwhelming. Three beasts. Currently, we have three graphic beasts outings of the mainstream With greater technical and monetary muscle of the industry: this ‘The Witcher 4’, which, like everything about CD Project Red, is at the visual avant -garde of the medium; ‘Gears of War E-Day‘, which we will possibly see gameplay Soon, and that in exhibitions like this kinematics made with the game engine we can expect a return in style of the saga; And, of course, ‘gta vi’, what has not yet shown gameplaybut that has taught incredibly realistic cinematics made with the game engine. Only the elders. That is, games of three industry giants (CD Projakt, Microsoft and Rockstar), whose launch we can set, in the best case, in the medium term: perhaps we do not have them to have them in our hands until entering 2026. And that is a problem: the games that technically push the industry, on the one hand come from the mastodons of the sector. Companies accustomed to operating with a franchise coup (such as these titles) and to ensure the shooting with revolutionary games in the visual … and only in that. The damn hype. And we return to the usual problem: the games are very expensive to produce (With its 100 million estimated budget, in fact, ‘GTA VI’ is going to be the most expensive in history, with 2,000 million), so the producers do not risk, and from the side of the players we complain that we are not going anywhere, and it is the fish that bite the tail. Those who have the waist to move in unpublished directions to the industry can not allow it, even if they have technological monsters such as Unreal Engine 5. And so we are looking at a distant future. So far away, that CD Projekt Red cannot even reveal what platforms ‘The Witcher 4’ is going to come out. Video games have always been held on promises, and we treasure enough bad experiences on the matter (yes, CD Projekt Red, we have already forgiven you, but the ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ bugs do not forget as well as so) as to distrust the “will arrive when it is.” ‘The Witcher 4’ looks like a heart attack, but paradoxically, we are tired of having to wait sitting. Header | CD Projakt Red In Xataka | All the questions and doubts that remain to be resolved from the Nintendo Switch 2 to a week of its launch

The US will revoke the visa of Chinese students to protect their AI industry. The risk is that he ends up wounding her death

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China is by far the largest world graduate producer in Stem races (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), both in absolute and relative terms to the global total. The phenomenon is an exceptional magnitude, but there is a country that has just been slaughtered in their noses: United States. What happened. As they pointed out In The New York Times A few days ago, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, advertisement that the Trump administration “would aggressively revoke” the visas of Chinese students. In these visa cancellations, those students with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (PCC) or those who study “critical fields” that did not define clearly but probably include that of AI will be included. Source: The New York Times. Impact. In 2024 in the United States, 20% of the visas granted to students went to young Chinese students. The measure is worrying for American universities, which depend on international students who pay the full cost – without scholarships – for their annual income. In addition, this decision affects both students who want to ask for a visa from now on and those who are already studying in the country. In total there are about 275,000 Chinese students in all types of university careers. Uncertainty. It is not clear what criteria will be followed to revoke these visas and not as quickly these measures will begin. Nor is it known if China will retaliate, although the number of US students in China is much less significant. In 2020 USA He already expelled to 1,000 Chinese students with ties with Chinese military schools. A massive practice. A report Published by the State Department and the NGO called the Institute of International Education indicated last year that China was the second country with the highest share of international students: only India “exports” more students. In the 2023-2024 COURSE, it received 1.1 million international students, of which 331,000 came from India (23% more than the previous year) and 277,000 from China (4% less than the previous year). Source: CSET. China is absolute power in Stem. If there is a “graduate” graduate producer “(science, technology, engineering and mathematics), that is China. Collected data By cset They reveal that in 2020 China led the number of graduates in these disciplines, with a total of 3.57 million students. Only India approaches with 2.55 million students, but for example in the US the figure is four times lower than in China: 820,000 graduates. Source: CSET. And the one that is most dedicated to these disciplines. Not only is it that China has the greatest number of Stem graduates in the world: it is that the percentage of students who choose these disciplines is also the largest in the world. 41% of students are launched to Stem Carreras. They are followed by Russia (37%), Germany (36%, Iran (33%) and India (30%). In the US, only 20%of students bet on scientific careers. Source: Macro Polo / Paulsen Institute. And that includes AI. In People’s Daily They pointed out A few days ago how approximately 50% of the main researchers of AI are trained in Chinese universities. The worrying thing for the US is not that: they depend a lot on them. A report of the Paulgo Institute of Chicago (USA) recently revealed that 38% of AI experts that develop their professional career in the US They have formed in Chinese universities. They are in fact more than those who have a strictly American origin (37%). China does not stop betting on Stem Education. Between 2012 and 2022 the budget spending of the Chinese government in education increased from 2.2 billion yuan (268,167 million euros) to 4.85 billion yuan (591,187 million euros), more than double. Several Chinese elite universities They have announced His intention to expand his curricula with the objective of prioritizing the strategic needs of the country, and here the AI ​​- who You start teaching in schools– It’s key. Imminent danger. This domain has a direct impact on the capacity of innovation, technological development and industrial competitiveness of China, but also of the countries that allow Chinese students to study and then work in international companies. Cut your wings to that talent is to cut them to innovation. The US will get just the opposite of what it intended. The analyst Alberto Romero explained How these measures are probably designed to protect national security – which Chinese students do not end up “spying” for China. “However, instead of helping the US to enhance their industry, what can happen is that they weaken it. Not only that: that revocation of visas can precisely help China meet their strategic objectives. Nvidia already notified with the hardware. The US opted to veto the export of its advanced chips from AI to China. The shot has come absolutely for the cylinder headand instead of preventing Chinese development and innovation, it has put a rocket. They do not seem to have learned the lesson, and revoke the visas to Chinese students can end up being an even bigger shot that comes out of an even bigger cylinder head. Image | Zixi Wu In Xataka | China has declared the war on private school: why he predicted the prolific “tutorials”

One of the most mythical cars in the history of cinema can be “copied” by anyone. And that has consequences for the industry

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You can have Eleanor in the garage. That is what an American court has decided for whom the most famous Ford Mustang of ‘cars thieves’ or his Ramake ’60 seconds’ is mere telzzo and not a character in itself. And this has its particular implications when selling replicas. He is not a character. Specifically, according to a United States Court, it is “ATZZO”. We read the information in Motorpasion where they echo the ratification of a sentence that has been chasing Shelby for a long time. According to his decision, the coach may continue selling Eleanor replicas. That is, if you want, Shelby can sell a preparation of the Ford Mustang as they appeared in the film since those responsible for the Court of Appeals of the Ninth US Circuit have indicated that we are facing a mere vehicle and not a character in itself so you cannot apply copyright. Where do we come from? The decision of this Court certifies the previously issued other courts of lower rank. Denice Halicki, widow of HB Halicki, director, screenwriter and producer of ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’, known in the 70s in Spain as ‘cars thieves’ had denounced Shelby for selling vehicle replicas. Then there was a judicial career that It began in 2022 and that has ended in 2025 with the ratification of the latter court. And although Shelby can continue to manufacture their replicas, there are a little smaller particular cases that have also received good news, Like this youtuber who had been tried for the feet of his particular modification. Identifying features. That is what Denice Halicki has defended all this time. According to the woman of the screenwriter, director and producer of the original film, that Eleanor reappeared with a leading role in the remake known as ’60 seconds’ gave an idea of ​​its relevance and, in his opinion, that it was one more character in the film. For the judge, however, “Eleanor has no right to the protection of the copyright of the characters because (1) had no conceptual qualities, (2) had no consistent features and (3) was not especially distinctive”, in words collected by Carscoop. In fact, they point out that “along four films and eleven appearances in those films, Eleanor lacks consistent features. For example, Eleanor’s physical appearance frequently changes throughout the various films, appearing as a yellow and black fastback Mustback, a Mustang Shelby GT-500 gray and black and an oxidized and without paint that needs repair.” Eleanor is not a batmobo. In the films that have appeared, Eleanor has always been shown as a special car. Without going any further, in ’60 seconds’ Nicolas Cage points to that of all cars that have to steal during the movie, Eleanor is special because he has always escaped him. Knowing if you will get it is, without a doubt, the great attraction of all the films in which you have appeared. But, for the judges, it is not a Batmobile. They point out that in this case we do talk about a character in itself because the Batmóvil can act for itself (without Bruce Wayne at his side) and has a specific and very identity aesthetic (which resembles a bat). Towle test. What the judges applied to know if Eleanor was or not protected by copyright is what is known as “Towle test”. That is, the car would be subject to copyright if it meets the following premises: The character must have physical and conceptual qualities. The character must be sufficiently delineated to be recognizable as the same character every time it appears. It must show consistent and identifiable features and attributes, although the character does not need to have a consistent appearance. The character must be especially different and contain some unique elements of expression. It cannot be an archetypal character. This test refers to what was applied in the same court in 2015 to decide if the Batmóvil was a character in itself, after DC Comics denounced Mark Towel, a man who had manufactured the car replicas. In this case, he failed in favor of the plaintiff and, therefore, the foundations settled to know whether or not a character was a character in himself. A break. As we say, this victory is a break for Shelby and for people who, on their own like the youtuber of B is for buildThey have wanted to work in their own replicas of the famous Mustang Shelby GT-500. These types of replicas are common among the greatest fans of certain films and vehicles that modify their cars to have their own Kitt, Herbie or the Delorean ‘return to the future’. Even Ford has sold its own ‘Bullit’ version of Ford Mustangremembering the beautiful sports that Steve McQueen was driving in the film of the same name. Photo | In Xataka | 17 iconic cinema and TV vehicles in 45 photos: This will be the exhibition of the largest science fiction cars in history

In his obsession to torpedo the Chinese chips industry, the US wants to block an essential to manufacture them: the software, according to FT

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Hard setback for the Trump administration, which dawns this Thursday, May 29 with a clear response from the US International Trade Court to its tariff policy. The organism has declared generalized tariffs illegalafter considering that “they exceed any authority conferred on the president by the IEEPA (Law on Economic Powers in case of international emergency) “. In the middle of the storm, sources of Financial Times They declare that the United States Department of Commerce has begun to urge the main suppliers of electronic design automation software (EDA), in a new attempt to continue trying to knock each of the pillars that sustains the Chinese semiconductor industry. The new order. The Trump administration is starting to inform To the main national companies that offer the necessary software to design semiconductors that they must stop selling their services to Chinese groups. A measure that strengths the commercial war between the United States and China, at a time when the latter country is in full chips national production record and getting closer to develop their own 5 Nm lithography. The big names. There are three big names playing in the American industry: Cadence, Synopsy and Siemens. These three companies They monopolize the bulk of the Global EDA software market And they have been key for China to have been able to develop its current semiconductor industry. Preventing China from accessing this type of solutions is a zancadilla. These tools are essential to achieve advanced lithographic processes and expedite essentials such as design verification, performance simulation, energy consumption, and other key aspects to lead in the manufacture of any chip. Why is EDA software. In the manufacture of a modern semiconductor, tools that make it possible to automate the essential design and verification processes for its manufacture are necessary. Minimizing the margin of error and being especially effective in the refining of your behavior is key to leading this career. EDA software is a fundamental element to ensure that these designs meet the expectations of the manufacturing process, and allows to automate each of the phases of the same. The local industry. SMICthe spearhead in the Chinese semiconductor industry, It has been using Synopsys design suites For more than 20 years. After entering the Entity Listthe company did not lose access to these toolsonly access to them was difficult to be forced to establish license agreements to be able to use them. If Trump’s order is fulfilled, it will not be possible to renew these agreements or access to the software of these companies. Immediately after the intentions of the US administration, local companies such as Empyrean Technology, Primarius Techonologies and Semitonix, have seen the price of the action around 20%. These companies are specialized in the development of software solutions for semiconductors, and are some of the main names that sound after Trump’s threat. Even in the air. Although sources consulted by Financial Times affirm that the United States Industry and Security Office (BIS) is issuing this new directive through letters to companies, some like Synopsys have not taken long to uncheck. “We are aware of the rumors and speculation, but Synopsys has not received any official communication from the Bis. That is why we keep our annual forecasts unchanged, based on our current understanding of the export restrictions of the BIS and in the forecast of an interannual fall of the income from China.” Cadence and Siemens, for the moment, have not made statements about it. In Xataka | China prepares the mate to the US: it will have its own UVE lithography team to make chips in 2025

Japan’s commitment to lead the chips industry is held on these three companies

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For Japan, as for South Korea, Taiwan, China or the US, the semiconductor industry has a strategic character not only because of the deep beneficial impact it has on its economy, but also by the impulse that gives its technological capacity. This is the context in which the Japanese government announced in the middle of last November A public plan that will injected into companies that are dedicated to the design and manufacture of chips no less than 325,000 million dollars within ten years. In addition, it prepares additional 65,000 million that seek to support the activity of local companies. There is no doubt that it is a very strong and more ambitious bet even than those designed by the US, China or Europe. Only South Korea prepare an economic investment of a similar size. The first reactions of Japanese companies have not been waiting. “We are working with our clients to develop technologies that teach four generations in the future.” These words of Nobuto DoiVice President of Tokyo Electron, are a declaration of intentions. However, before moving forward in this article it is important that we briefly review where Japan comes from. At the end of the 80s this Asian country dominated the global industry of the integrated circuits with an indisputable forcefulness. Nec, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Matsushita and other Japanese companies They monopolized in 1988 Nothing less than 50% of the chips industry. However, today none of these companies is positioned among the leaders of a sector dominated with iron fist by Taiwanese, American, Chinese, South Korean and German companies. Tokyo Electron: Japanese Asml This company is one of The pillars of the Japanese industry of integrated circuits. It is dedicated to the design and manufacture of lithography and waking -up equipment, so its machines often live together in the TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron Technology or SK Hynix plants, among other companies, with the teams of the Dutch company ASML or the American Apply materials. Its importance for Japan is such that it is currently one of the Japanese companies that are being backed by subsidies approved by the Japanese government. The new Tokyo Electron plant in Oshu will be intended for the manufacture of advanced team deposition equipment and logistics In fact, it is building several buildings in the prefecture of Miyagi that will presumably be completed in 2025. The most ambitious project that will address in these facilities will consist of the design and manufacture of some some WAFSMA TEACHING BY PLASMA Very advanced. They are precisely the machines that Nobuto Doi speaks in the statement that I have included in the second paragraph of this article. These equipment are involved in the definition of the pattern that will later be transferred to the wafer. The Japanese company Hitachi also has plasma wafering engraving machines, but the singing voice in this particular market has tokyo electron. Apparently the engineers of this last company are working side by side with their clients to develop solutions that, according to doi, four generations ahead will be positioned. However, its plan goes beyond the facilities of the Prefecture of Miyagi. And it is that Tokyo Electron is also building a new plant in Oshu, in the prefecture of Iwate, which will be intended for the manufacture of advanced wafering deposition equipment and logistics. We can be sure: Tokyo Electron is the Japanese Asml. Without it, the ambitious plan pergeted by the Japanese government for its semiconductor industry would not be viable. Rapidus Corporation: The spearhead of Japan The company that is destined to compete from you to you with TSMC, Intel or Samsung in the chip production market is Rapidus corporation. In fact, it has been expressly created to replace Japan at the forefront of integrated circuits. This is a very young company. It was founded on August 10, 2022 by the Japanese government with an initial capital of 7,346 million yen (just under 46 million euros) contributed by, and here comes the interesting, Sony, Toyota, Nec, Softbank, Kioxia, Denso, Nippon Telegraph and Mufg Bank. The initial capital invested in the constitution of this company is not very bulky, but there is no doubt that the companies that participate in it have an indisputable relevance in the sectors of technology, automotive and telecommunications. Rapidus is currently putting a circuit manufacturing plant integrated in northern Japan, in the city of Chitose (Hokkaido), in which it plans to produce 2 Nm semiconductor. The first prototypes of these chips are already readybut large -scale manufacturing will not arrive at best until 2027. Rapidus is making a chip manufacturing plant in northern Japan in which it plans to produce 2 Nm semiconductors What is causing the new Rapidus factory to monopolize the looks of the semiconductor sector is that, according to Atsuyoshi Koike, which is the president of the company, it will be completely automated. Its purpose is to resort to robots and artificial intelligence (AI) to tune an automated production line that will be specialized in the manufacture of 2 nm chips for AI applications. Its plan consists, in short, to produce integrated circuits faster, with a lower and more quality cost. To manufacture these semiconductors, equipment of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) produced by the Dutch company ASML, and practically all manufacturing processes are automatic. However, the tests of test and validation, interconnection and packaging of the chips are still largely carried out manually in most manufacturing plants. According to Rapidus, its automation technology of all these processes will allow you to reduce the delivery time of your chips by 66% compared to the times they usually offer TSMC and Samsung. JSR Corporation: The photor resistance monopoly is in his hands There is a Japanese company that is indisputably leader in its specialty. It is little known outside the scope of the semiconductors, and yet it is one of the bastions of Japan. Is called JSR Corporation and specialized in the production of photorers. The photolithography equipment designing and produces ASML … Read more

Xiaomi has copied in months what BMW announced as a three -year revolution seen. It is the best example of how the industry is

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On March 16, 2023 we wrote in Xataka that BMW prepared the launch of a head-up display (HUD) in its Neue Klasse. Then it was already warned that we would see it, for the first time, in a car on the street in 2025. The chosen one is the new generation of the BMW series 3, which promises to be a revolution for the brand in many ways. What BMW announced two years seen, Xiaomi has put it on the street a few months. 2023. How many screens are too many screens? With these words we titled in Xataka Our article on BMW’s announcement to put on the market a head-up display little less than infinity. One that crossed the entire width of the vehicle and that will serve to offer precise and personalized information for each passenger. The strategy continues to delve on the path that the company has taken. In recent years, BMW has been one of the companies that More has opted to give it personality To its infotainment systems with very good quality and size screens in the center, instruments of instruments at the height and an HUD with graphics of all kinds. He has even put A huge screen for rear passengers of the most expensive Berlina. Two years of the same. But two years later we remain the same. He BMW Panoramic Vision He surprised first but began to lose strength as time has passed. We have seen it in the CES de Las Vegaswe have seen it At the Münich Mobility Fairwe have seen it, again, in the advances of the future Neue Klasse… In short, the launch of a functionality that Xiaomi, which put on the market its first car a year ago has just presented for its future electric SUVs, has been priming two years. Taking into account that the first car we see from that Neue Klasse It will arrive at the end of 2025everything indicates that Xiaomi is going to pass the German firm on the right. Hypervision Hud. This is what this alternative to the BMW HUD is called that will incorporate the Xiaomi Yu7. As we have seen during your presentation, the projection on the windshield will occupy the entire width of the vehicle and inform the passengers of the information that most interest them. For example, in front of the driver we will have the instrument chart and in the central area of ​​navigation. But the car also has specific graphics for when it is stopped carrying the battery or we want to select a specific music album. The image of Lei Jun, CEO of the company, with all the graphics that the driver has available to configure that giant HUD to his liking is shocking. We read, for example, data on consumption, driving assists, browser, a stopwatch … More than a novelty. The incorporation of this panoramic hud into the new Xiaomi electric car is not only an aesthetic novelty, it is a clear example of how the industry is. Each announcement of the European industry has years (yes, years) of planning, development and implementation. In China, however, it is deciding and executing in record time. Kevin Williams, journalist of InsideevsI explained it well in an article entitled I have been in China and led dozens of electric cars. Western manufacturers are lost. In him he explained how the interiors of Chinese cars had overwhelmed him on a trip to the country and how far from Europe. Also our partner Javier Lacort had the opportunity to sit in an ultra xiaomi or check Where is Byd and its luxury brands In the Asian country. In Xataka We have had the opportunity to speak between scenes with workers from Chinese brands such as Byd or the Chery group that have passed through European companies of the Volkswagen or Stellantis group. All of them have confirmed that Chinese companies work at an inconceivable pace for the European industry. An anecdote that is not so much anecdote. In fact, one of these workers told us that when he worked for the Volkswagen Group every small change in the touch of the car or in the equipment, a bureaucratic tangle, the filter of various departments and, in the best case, the approval to be implemented in the update of half commercial life or in the next generation. That is, these changes would come years later. However, in Xataka We have known that one of these Chinese brands was testing preserving units in Spain that did not like in their first test in terms of tires and tact of the direction referred to. Between two and three later, those cars reached the market with all the changes in equipment and touch of the direction already carried out. It is not the only case. Beyond these two specific cases, the rhythm to which China is subjecting the news launches in electric cars is putting the ropes against the way of acting to the industry. In Europe we continue to announce the launch of “Cheap” electric cars two and three years old. Meanwhile, Byd has just brought to the European market the Byd Dolphin Surf that with aid and discounts can remain in less than 12,000 euros. Another good example is Volkswagen. Its software and platform development strategy has been such a disaster that they burned billions in the development of only two cars (Audi Q6 e-tron and Porsche Macan Electric) that, In addition, they were delayed. In fact, the group came to send engineers to China to learn from their work methods and has reached an agreement with Xpeng To provide Audi with a new platform. Nor does Renault escape. Luca de Meo, his CEO, He has reiterated On multiple occasions that one of China’s competitive advantages is that they work at a much faster rate than that of Europeans. Photo | BMW and Xiaomi In Xataka | A alluvion of controversies is eclipsing the launch of the Xiaomi Yu7. … Read more

Japan cannot afford your most valuable company in the chips industry. And is mired in debts

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JSR Corporation is a company extraordinarily valuable for Japanalthough not in a strictly economic sense. And this company constitutes with Tokyo Electron, RapidusCanon and Nikon The spearhead of the Japanese chips industry. Japan needs them. It necessarily needs these companies to be competitive if you want to recover the relevance that it had decades ago in the already flourishing semiconductor industry. At the end of the 80s Japan dominated the integrated circuit industry With an overwhelming forcefulness. Nec, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Matsushita and other Japanese companies monopolized in 1988 no less than 50% of the chip industry. However, today none of these companies is positioned among the leaders of a sector dominated with iron fist by Taiwanese, American, Dutch, South Korean and German companies. Despite its world leadership JSR Corporation is spending trouble This company has something that the other companies that I have mentioned in the first paragraph of this article lack: it holds the monopoly of a crucial sector of the chips industry. This is actually what makes it so valuable to Japan beyond its economic results. And it is that JSR specializes in the production of photorers. Photolithography teams that Design and produce ASML They are responsible, very broadly, to transfer the geometric pattern described by the mask with a lot of precision to the surface of the silicon wafer. In this area we can observe the pattern as the “drawing” that delimits the distribution of transistors, connections and other elements that make up an integrated circuit. However, before reaching this important step it is necessary A process known as deposition. Equipment manufactured by Tokyo Electron either Apply materials. Its purpose is to prepare silicon wafers for the transfer of the geometric pattern by depositing a fine material of material on them. During the last two decades all companies specialized in the production of photorestoning materials have been Japanese Depending on the type of chip that is being manufactured it will be necessary to use one material or another. One of the most used deposition techniques is known as oxidation, and consists of taking advantage of the silicon’s ability to form a fine oxide layer when reacting with water. Its purpose is to protect transistors and other components of external pollution chips. However, before carrying out the transfer of the geometric pattern to the wafer using a lithography equipment it is necessary to pour a liquid capable of absorbing the light and preserving the pattern. This is the function of the photorersista fluid. During the last two decades all companies specialized in the production of photorers have been Japanese. In fact, Japan since then has the monopoly of this market, which It is currently led by JSR Corporation. This company supplies its photorestoning liquids to most semiconductor manufacturers with which we are familiar, such as TSMC, Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron Technology or Texas Instruments, among many others. The surprising thing is that despite the domain it exerts on the market of photorers, JSR is not going well. In 2024 the investment company Japan Investment Corp. bought it for 6,000 million dollars with the purpose of consolidating its growth, but has closed the last fiscal year in March 2025 with losses of 1,450 million dollars. This bad result has had consequences. The company’s board of directors has been completely replaced as the most responsible for an economic result that is not at all in line with the position that this company holds in the market. However, analysts say that the problem does not reside in the photorriving business; JSR’s bad economic results have been triggered by their subsidiary specialized in The development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical and medical diagnosis products. The new directive dome plans to sell a part of this division to the Japanese company Tokuyama Corp. for approximately 570 million dollars with the purpose of cleaning up its accounts. We will see what happens, but what does not admit discussion is that JSR has a leading role in Japan ambitions linked to the semiconductor industry. More information | Reuters In Xataka | Japan has taken the carrier to dominate the chips industry. Prepare a 325,000 million dollar plan

Samsung’s survival in the chips industry is in the hands of its 2 nm technology

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2025 will be the year of 2 Nm semiconductor. The three largest manufacturers of integrated circuits, TSMC, Intel and Samsung, will start the mass manufacture of these chips before the end of this year, but The starting position Of these three companies it is very different. Taiwanese TSMC leads the semiconductor production market with A fee close to 60%has a well -assorted and stable client portfolio, and Your accounts are enviable. Intel and Samsung, however, are in a much more compromised position. The American company currently led by Lip Bu-Tan is trying overcome a very bad economic streak reducing their expenses and developing its technology with the purpose of increasing its competitiveness. Samsung, meanwhile, is also going through a complicated stage, as we are about to check. In any case, for these last two companies Its 2 nm technology It is his real lifeguard. Good news for Samsung: has reached a 50% wafer performance in 2 Nm These statements made in the middle of last March by Han Jong-Hee, Samsung general co-director, They diagnose with precision What is happening to this company: “First of all I sorry for the fact that the performance of our actions has not met their expectations. In the last year our company has not correctly responded to the semiconductor market for artificial intelligence (AI), which quickly evolves. “ “Our technological advantage has been compromised in all our businesses. It is difficult to see that efforts are being made to boost great innovations or assume new challenges” This Mea guilt It is aimed at the company’s shareholders and expresses that the directive dome recognizes not having made the right decisions in recent years. “Our technological advantage has been compromised in all our businesses. It is difficult to see that efforts are being made to Promote great innovations or assume new challenges. There are only attempts to maintain the status quo instead of generating disruptive changes “, Pray an internal statement Written by Jay Y. Lee, the president of the company. However, this is not all. Samsung has led for more than three decades the industry of integrated dram memory circuit LEADS THE HBM Chips Market so much (High Bandwidth Memory) that work side by side with the GPUs for the The one of the DRAM memories. In current circumstances it is evident that Samsung needs to trace as soon as possible. And it seems that it is in it. At the beginning of 2025 several South Korean media anticipated that Large scale manufacturing of 2 nm chips It had already begun In the company’s South Korean plants. However, this does not mean that Samsung already has everything tied. Chips manufacturers need the candle performance of their avant -garde nodes is at least 70%and, according to the South Korean newspaper Munhwa Ilbothis company currently moves in the range of 40 to 50%. There are still more than seven months to finish 2025, and presumably Intel and TSMC still do not produce integrated circuits in a massive way Your nodes 18a and n2 respectively, so in theory Samsung carries a positive inertia. We will see what happens finally, but there is no doubt that this year we will bring us strong emotions in the scope of the semiconductor industry. Image | Samsung More information | Munhwa Ilbo In Xataka | This is the chips war: a former SK Hynix employee is suspected to deliver stolen technology to Huawei

The photovoltaic industry has entered its self -replicating phase

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Maximize the performance of solar panels is one of the great challenges of Photovoltaic industry. But it is something that is not limited to make more efficient panelsbut to engineer ways that they stay clean for longer. Because the great enemy of the panels are not the clouds, but dust or snow. Cleaning these homemade panels is clue For three reasons. The first is that a clean panel is more efficient. According to estimatesa dirty panel produces up to 39% less a year. The useful life of them increases because corrosion and other damages are avoided and, as more electricity generates, production is optimized and the Investment return. There is robots designed to clean them And we have seen them in all shapes and sizes, even tractors manually operated with a roller that rubs the surface of the panels, but one of the challenges is how to optimize the cleaning of the panels in the huge ‘farm’ installed in deserts such as Chili, China either India. And the answer is another robot, but not anyone: a robot that in turn is a solar panel. Solar panels that clean solar panels that clean … Be more or less autonomous, robots need energy to work. It can be through long cables that feed them or by batteries in the longest facilities, so when they are not cleaning, they are wasting time. Especially in desert scenarios in which dust is a problem. And the sauce of this matter is the following video: What we see in Action is a robot of the Chinese company Sunpure, a company that has specialized precisely in the creation of devices to clean solar panels. Beyond the conventional ones, they have two models that have a solar panel in the upper part that is the one that provides energy so that the rollers work and can give the necessary passes by the rows of panels. One is that of the upper video, called Venus, another is the one that we leave below: The difference between this and Venus is that the new robot has more upper surface occupied by the solar food panel, seems more adaptable to different panel sizes and, above all, is easier to clean. The reason? When it reaches the end of the row, a brush awaits you that passes the panel of the robot itself, cleaning the dust that may have accumulated. This cleaner robot has already been installed in some photovoltaic plants, such as those of India or Uzbekistan, and the previous model is the one that works cleaning The CME1 panels, the largest photovoltaic plant in Chile In the Atacama desert. They are curious, but beyond that, this type of robots is a necessity. Equipo them with solar panels is a good idea that they can perform those cleaning tasks in locations in which dust is a problem. In fact, those of this company are working, above all, in plants installed in deserts. Now, the great step of the industry both in the face of mass production and the most homemade is the creation of self -impossible solar panels. It is something that is already working on, with advances as interesting as that of the Startup Sol Clarity, a company derived from the University of Boston. Baptized as electrodynamic scren, it is a very thin and transparent sheet that Load dust particles with static And, when he has caught them, the ‘sweep’ using electromagnetic waves. It is a good solution not to depend on robots and not be the black water hole which is the current cleaning of large -scale solar panels. And in a sector in which every kilowatt counts, that they are as clean as possible. Images and videos | Sunpure In Xataka | I thought the robots could no longer surprise me. Until I tried a corteped robot

The second trailer of ‘GTA VI’ looks crazy, and is a sample of how good it feels to go against the industry

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The wait until May 26, 2026 will be made long. In a strange ad, Rockstar confirmed a few days ago that the release date of ‘GTA VI‘It was delayed from an indefinite moment of this 2025 At the end of May next year. It is something that It has several readingsbut one of them was that they would soon launch a new trailer that, finally, would set the final launch date and, announcing the delay in advance, would cushion the blow. This has been. The company has just launched the Second Trailer of ‘Grand Theft Aut VI’ And … he is overwhelming. If the first launched in 2013 already allowed us to theorize whether it was something moving in real time or was a pre-control scene, this second trailer points to tour the same path. And the reason is that there are scenes of ‘GTA VI’ that are a real madness. ‘GTA VI’ will squeeze a decaffeinated generation First of all, I have to clarify that we can only judge the visual quality of the game with the means that we have available so far. To perform deeper analysis, we will have to waitat least, at the moment we have GamePlay scenes itself, but I think we can start making illusions with what Rockstar is cooking. For three reasons, in addition. The first is that, as I said, the first game of the game has already allowed experts to discuss its nature. Digital Foundry is a British media specialized in the visual and technical analysis of video games and They debated Long and lay on whether the trailer was in real time (that is, the engine of the game and scenes extracted from it) or a scene rendered beforehand. Some visual errors as Jaggies -S. Sierra- allowed the pixel counting, and the washed image of the edges points to the use of some type of tool such as FSR or DLSS. The second reason is that Rockstar is not Ubisoft and it is not a company that has accustomed us to CGI videos before the launch of the game itself or to Visual Downgrades. The third reason to believe that the game will end up seeing as in these trailers is that we have ‘Red Dead Redemption 2‘As an example. The 2018 title, without having received a patch for the current generation, continues to be better than many games of this generation, and that was designed to function in 2013 consoles. Come on, what There are hopes in ‘GTA VI’ at the visual level. And, as we say, we have reasons (and not only for these precedents). Trailer screenshot The new video begins very, very high, with some characters modeling that seem spectacular, very realistic animations both bodily and facial, without falling into the exaggeration of features, and all this bathed for what, I think, is the element that makes the trailer look as well as it looks. Because the textured seems very good to me, but the lighting that bathes each scene is to not believe it. Among all the moments, the one who has left me speechless is one at the beginning, when we see Jason returning in his car, at night, and observes a police detention. Trailer screenshot The flashes, The position of light spotlights And elements such as that good textured, the most realistic color palette than in the previous installment of the saga and gestures make me create that scene completely. But it is not the only one: Trailer screenshot Trailer screenshot Trailer screenshot I am somewhat tired of the term “photorealism” we have been abusing from the launch of the first ‘Modern Warfare’, but it really is the only term that occurs to me to describe what I am seeing. Then there are the characters, with a certain caricaturized and stereotyped touch, but the physicists of elements and hairstyles, Reflexes on surfaces (The interior of the car is amazing) or the vegetation play to make the scenes … surprising. Perfect? No, of course, and we see distant elements such as the sand or water that have visual artifacts, as well as some textures such as Lucia’s hair at some time that seem flat, but the general level is so, so high that, for the first time from ‘Alan Wake 2‘ and ‘Warhammer Space Marine II‘, I feel that this generation of consoles is worth something. And with more merit if possible in the Rockstar title, since it is an open world, with the complexity that this implies. Rockstar promotional image Rockstar promotional image Rockstar promotional image It may be making many illusions, but it comforts me that people in Rockstar think that the game is going to see like this. Not current workers, something impossible in one of the most hermetic studies in the environment, but veterans of the company. One is Ryan Fuechliffe, member of Rockstar from 2009 to 2021 and who commented that ‘GTA VI’ will offer a “revolutionary” realism. Mike York, who worked as an animator in the company, also commented That the game will probably go to 30 frames per second because Rockstar was focusing on visual quality. But, although I seemed to me … wild, you have to have your feet on the floor. Obbe Vermeij, former technical director of ‘GTA 3’ to ‘GTA IV’ He pointed out That, although the first trailer was “incredible”, the technical jump may not be as large as the one seen in ‘GTA V’ and that could disappoint some players. As I have already said, you have to wait to see Gameplay because, obviously, these two videos that Rockstar has revealed play a lot with the rules of the visual language of cinema. Chamber tremors, paneos and angles that are typical of the kinematics of well -positioned virtual games and cameras and we will have to wait to watch the first video with gameplay. However, I return to my argument of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’: Seven years later, the adventure of the … Read more

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