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loads the dishwasher, runs washing machines and even folds the clothes

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The robot that takes care of all household chores is no longer just in science fiction movies. The Figure 03 is capable of doing complex tasks such as load the dishwasher, put on washing machines and even fold clothes. And most importantly: its creators are determined to mass produce it. Figure 03: The ultimate robotic butler Figure continues to improve its humanoid robots for the home and the Figure 03 is its most powerful bet to date. They have made it lighter (61kg, compared to 70kg for the previous model) so that it can be maneuvered more easily around the house. They have also changed their finishes and now instead of hard pieces, they have parts covered in foam and soft fabric. It has an autonomy of 5 hours and can move at a speed of up to 1.2 meters per second. What’s impressive is how much it can do. In a video of more than six minutes, Figure shows off all the capabilities of his new robot. In it we see how the robot cleans up the living room, takes the dirty dishes to the dishwasher, puts on the washing machine, then the dryer and He even folds the clothes. Of course, he doesn’t fold the t-shirts very well and we haven’t seen him hanging the clothes or ironing either, two of the most tedious household tasks. It seems there is still room for improvement. Figure 03’s brain helix is the brand’s AI model that combines vision, language and action. This system allows you to learn new tasks simply by observing humans, that is, it is not programmed to do a certain series of actions, but rather We can teach you new things. To do this, it has a system of sensors, cameras and microphones that allow it to receive orders, observe and replicate actions with precision. One of the new features of this new version is that has chambers in his hands to improve grip on objects, even if its main cameras (in the head) are hidden, for example when reaching into the dishwasher to put down a plate. The touch sensors have also been improved and it is capable of making grips with just 3 grams of pressure. Designed for mass production Figure is determined to fill the houses with robots and Figure 03 is designed for mass production. To achieve this, the company has designed a new supply chain and even has built a factory in California where this model will be manufactured. The company claims to have been an entire year designing a new supply chain with partners worldwide to ensure a constant flow of parts and materials. In addition, they rely on mass manufacturing methods, such as injection molding and pressure casting. They have also taken into account the ease of assembly to optimize time on the production line. The goal of Figure is for the production line to be capable of manufacture 12,000 robots the first year, but they hope that in the future it will grow and reach 100,000 robots in the next four years. What they have not said is what we are all wondering, and that is how much one of these domestic robots will cost, a key point for that massive revolution that they promise from Figure. Images | figure In Xataka | “Humanoid robberies are a fantasy”: iRobot co-founder believes there is a robotics bubble

Finish the work of the machines

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The scene took place several weeksbut Ukrainian soldiers keep remembering her because they can’t believe what they saw. A drone had sighted two Russian soldiers trapped in a shelter, who went out at the entrance of the hiding place and wrote a message in blue cirilic letters in an improvised white poster while he was crowded frantically towards the machine: “We surrendered,” he said. What followed was a scene where The drone directed them to the Ukrainian forces. Because drones do practically everything that the soldiers did before. General panorama and accelerated advance. The drone war in Ukraine has gone from being an emerging tactical factor to become The defining element From the conflict: what began as tests and specific operations has evolved until reforming the way in which the line is maintained and the rear is protected. The concrete and symptomatic example We described at the beginningWhen an air recognition detected the entrenched Russian soldiers, a land vehicle loaded with explosives that forced the surrender was launched and, for the first time, the offensive action culminated No direct human contact (soldiers that are paid by robots), a milestone that symbolizes the speed and depth of technological and doctrinal change in the Ukrainian theater. Innovations and expansion of the “lethal zone”. The little ones (but Very economical) Aerial ammunition (FPV Kamikazes) and land robots have extended the so -called “lethal zone” much further From classic rifle or mortar distances: today soldiers and columns can effectively attacked six, nine and even tens of kilometers of the contact line. That widening has transformed geometry Of the fight: the advanced mechanized lose operational mobility, the great formations become rare because of their vulnerability, and the dominant tactic are light and scattered units that minimize losses. The human consequence It’s brutal: populations of cities near the front collapse, logistics routes They become insecure and many routine missions (supply, evacuation) become dependent on unmanned platforms. Logistics robots and more. The UGVS proliferation (unmanned land vehicles) and cargo drones has turned logistics into a Army within the Army: from A 2K targan That evacuates a soldier even swarms that distribute ammunition, the objective is to preserve human lives replacing maximum risk tasks. Many brigades finance and buy these systems with civil donationsIn fact, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans mass shipments of tens of thousands of robots. At the same time, offensive capabilities of terrestrial robots (assaults, withdrawal of enemy material, mining/remote demining) have experienced A qualitative leapallowing operations that previously demanded specialized human teams and that today are executed in large part by machines. The role of elite units. Here appear the specialized regiments in unmanned systems that have become a strategic place: they are a priority objective of Russian attacks, but also the factors that maintain or break local fronts. His commanders They describe operations that destroy the enemy “view” (pilots and control capabilities), the “sting” (attacker drones) and logistics (deposits, workshops), a comprehensive strategy that seeks to suffocate Russia’s operational capacity for back as well as containing it in the front. Production, scale and career. We have counted before. War has shown that the advantage is not only tactical but also industrial: It is estimated that Ukraine and Russia, before 2025, produced huge amounts of FPV. The scale required to support a sustained offensive rhythm is astronomical (hundreds of thousands of units per month, according to some responsible). The Kremlin has ordered a great industrial ramp-up. And Ukraine It also seeks to multiply Its manufacturing and appeals to civil-military industrialization to achieve parity. This mass competition makes drone a new strategic wear vector: who produces more and maintains resilient supply chains will reach decisive advantages over time. Disruptive technologies. Two technological advances have marked a before and after. First, drones Tethered by fiber optic: They are wired, they are immune To radio interference And they can only be neutralized by direct fire, which makes them lethal and psychologically devastating infantry. Second, The integration of AI For guided and semi -autonomas that allow a drone to close the mission even losing the link with the operator. This raises precision and reduces the dependence of human control in saturated electronic warfare environments. In addition, chains of repeaters and transmitters are tested that extend the control radius up to 40 kilometerschanging the operational border of air systems. Limits and human dependence. Even with the technological revolution, there are Clear limits: The weather, the hardness of the land and the electronic warfare continue to favor classical systems such as artillery and human work in certain missions. For example, artillery is still irreplaceable in adverse conditions. In addition, remote operators They are not exempt Danger: when detected, they become priority targets and suffer counterattacks with conventional and unconventional weapons. War continues to need human capital (technicians, analysts, gunners), although their profile and exhibition change. Moral and strategic impact. No doubt, the displacement of lethal tasks to machines It raises dilemmas Moral and practical: the capture of prisoners induced by robots, the theft of weapons by UGVs, the automation of the clearance of mines, all reconfigures unwritten rules of combat and forces new doctrines, legal procedures and systems of responsibility. Strategically, the proliferation of drones has contributed to stagnate Russian advances on several fronts and has led to Ukrainian operational successes, but has also encouraged an offensive escalation In other areas (Mass bombing, Shahed launches) that maintain an asymmetric and devastating character. Future perspective. The majority of analysts agrees that if production can climb and the AI ​​is integrated with greater sophistication, the war will not only become more robotic but also more distributed and less predictable: We will see more frequent in -depth attacks, covered launches by nurse platforms, and eventually swarm formations and coordinated tasks between heterogeneous types of UAS and UGV. Nevertheless, They remembered in Insider That experts in the Ukrainian field insist on a practical warning: drones will not replace artillery or adverse time infantry, they are tools that, well used, preserve lives, but … Read more

The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war

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The year 2025 has been a radical change in the Ukraine War. We had seen drones with shotguns of double cannonrobots Lanzaluelaunmanned vessels With missilesairplanes With shotguns or even devices with kilometer cables of optical fiber Looking for its goal through algorithms. However, in recent months a change in trend has been accelerated. Because soldiers are no longer recruited, they are recruited directly robots. Even if they are antiques. Improvising on the front line. It Forbes counted. In an abandoned Soviet warehouse in Donetsk, Ukrainian soldiers and engineers transform old vehicles into non -manned combat systems, the called UGV. Under the command of Oleksandr, head of the Robotic Unit of the Antares Battalion, the workshops work thanks to raffles, donations and volunteer networks that Finish pieces and spare parts. Robots arrive with analog communications vulnerable to Russian electronic war and are completely comforted: new chassis, digital systems, StarlinkLte or encrypted links. Each conversion costs Between 750 and 1,000 dollarswithout counting satellite equipment, and requires maintenance after each mission. Once ready, the UGV are mostly destined for tasks logistics and evacuationtransporting ammunition, food or injured under enemy fire, although some are equipped with turretsmortars or electronic war modules. The speed remains limited and unstable connectivity, which forces them to use them mainly at night or in discretion conditions to avoid Russian kamikaze drones. Robots against the death zone. The proliferation of drones in Ukraine has extended The Russian “Kill” More than 15 kilometers behind the front line, causing entering or leaving positions to be one of the most lethal maneuvers. In fact, up to a 80% of the casualties Russians are already attributed to unmanned systems, and losses of Ukrainian logistics vehicles have forced multiply the use of UGVS for supplies and evacuations. The need is so high that in December 2024 the first compound Ukrainian assault was documented entirely by robotsand in July 2025 the 3rd Assault Brigade achieved an operation with Russian surrender Without own casualties. However, the UGV follow being vulnerable: day they are easy prey of FPV drones, and any signal failure can leave a wounded in the open field. Given this, some units are used as suicidal vehicles, launched against trenches, bridges or mined fields to detonate loads and open path. Another UGV development An accelerated race. Both kyiv and Moscow They experience With fleets of terrestrial robots, aware that the future of combat will depend on the mass integration of autonomous systems. Ukraine aspires to deploy 15,000 UGV By the end of 2025, supported by The Brave1 programwhile Russia shows prototypes With thermobáric launchers in their state media. The analysts They point That kyiv maintains advantage thanks to a decentralized network of start-ups and creative brigades, while Russia still depends on fragmented and volunteer efforts. At the same time, other global actors Like China They observe carefully the Ukrainian innovations to incorporate them into their own war doctrines. The test terrain in Donbás is accelerating a cycle of military innovation that in peace times would have been. Of logistics to direct fire. Ukrainian brigades already work for prototypes that They go further of the simple delivery of supplies: anti -aircraft turrets, UGVs kamikaze with Starlink to attack tanks, and modular platforms that can be adapted according to the mission. The main challenge is to reduce costs and simplify the operation to massify its deployment. The 28th mechanized brigade even presented a UGV equipped with A manpads Iglacapable of folding drones or low -level helicopters keeping operators covered. The vision is clear: an army in which the machines do the most dangerous work and the soldiers are preserved for control and supervision missions. The role of civil innovation. The rapid evolution of this robotic war It would not be possible without the direct intervention of Civil engineers and entrepreneurswhich have created a unique ecosystem of warlike innovation. Organizations as dignitas Ukraine They drive the Victory Robots programThey train soldiers in the management of UGVs and spread best practices among brigades. These initiatives They seek to build a “technological shield” that reduces human casualties and accelerates the adoption of autonomous systems. The next phase, they anticipate, will be the integration of artificial intelligence into terrestrial robots, multiplying their autonomy and efficiency in the battlefield. A robotic army. The Ukrainian bet for the UGV is not conjunctural, but part of a long -term strategy to compensate for demographic inferiority against Russia. If they manage to industrialize their production and stabilize the supply chain, these robots could become In spine From a hybrid army in which humans and machines fight side by side. Thus, the perspective of a future where entire brigades are accompanied by swarms of aerial drones and autonomous land vehicles no longer belong to science fiction, but to everyday reality of the Ukrainian front. For kyiv, robotics is more than a tool: it is the key to resist for years in a wear war and, perhaps, to define what the wars of the 21st century will be. Image | TV Zvezda, Gopua In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack In Xataka | We had seen the drones of Ukraine do everything, but this is new: they are arriving lost to countries outside the war

The machines coordinate and decide when to attack

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The scene It took place a few weeks ago and was an unprecedented fact in military history. The Ukrainian forces announced that they had managed to capture Russian soldiers Without using infantry human Indeed, that was not a lantern. For the first time in history, they had used exclusively air drones and terrestrial robotic platforms, machines that were the immediate receptors of the surrender, an event that until now belonged to the science fiction. In fact, machines practically do not need the soldier. AI becomes strong. In the Ukrainian front has confirmed The routine use of dwellings of coordinated drones through artificial intelligence, a technological leap that for years was seen as prophecy and that today becomes In fact. Under software developed by the Swarmer local companysmall UAV groups are able to communicate with each other, assign functions, decide which one first attacks or adapt if one fails, all from a goal marked by the human operator. This ability to “Shared autonomy” It reduces from nine to three the number of people necessary for a mission and allows a single pilot to handle several devices, which helps Ukraine compensate for the inferiority of personnel against Russia. Although still far from a swarm of hundreds of drones, as some theorists anticipated, it is the first constant use of this technology in combat. From theory to practice. The Ukrainian army has used the system more than a hundred times, According to military sourcesusually in combinations of three drones (one of recognition and two bombers) To attack trenches, artillery positions or Russian equipment. The exploration drone traces the route and detects the target, while the other two distribute the attack autonomously. The proximity between devices reduces vulnerability to the Jamming Russiannot depending so much on easily interferible remote links. Swarmer has already tried swarms from Up to 25 drones And he prepares to experiment with more than 100, in line with parallel developments from the United States, China, France or South Korea. Unlike previous exercises (such as swarms launched by US fighters in 2016 or specific tests of Israel in Gaza), the novelty is persistence: Ukraine integrates these operations as routine In a high intensity conflict. Technical challenges and cost. The Wall Street Journal counted that the road has not been free of problems. In early stages, the drones exchanged too much information and saturated the network, forcing the refine the communication protocols. In addition, the incorporation of Ia makes each device more expensive in a country that already produces More than 1.5 million of drones a year and assumes that many will be consumables on the battlefield. Data management, link reliability and scalability to larger swarms They are still challenges. However, even with small groups, the advantage is palpable: speed in execution, savings of personnel and ability to attack simultaneously and flexible in multiple points. The new paradigm. Entry on stage of autonomous swarms Raises strategic and ethical issues of global scope. On the military, the possibility of launch dozens or hundreds Coordinated drones could saturate aerial defenses and transform the logic of deterrence: a single white, from a war ship to a critical infrastructure, can be overwhelmed by a volume of threats impossible to intercept one by one. It already happened With Spiderwebin fact. On the political level, software proliferation like Swarmer’s It marks a before and after: a company that works in a suburban garage, financed with US capital, produces a war capacity with international implications. The ethical dimension. Plus: the growing autonomy From weapons it generates a deep debate: to what extent does the decision to attack and kill? Swarmer He affirmed to the WSJ that a human continues to authorize The final shotbut the intermediate process (location, allocation of objectives and coordination) is already in the hands of machines. In fact, the United Nations He has asked for regulation On lethal autonomous weapons, while Washington and its allies maintain the requirement that there is a human operator in the “death chain.” Even so, the Ukrainian precedent accelerates the dilemma: the more effective these systems are shown, the greater the temptation to reduce human supervision to maximize speed and surprise. A border to redefine. In short, the conjunction of drones and algorithms It opens a land in which the quantity and artificial intelligence weigh more than individual sophistication. Ukraine, forced to innovate by necessity, is placed at the forefront of A historical change In the art of war, with implications that reach the great powers and the ethics of future conflicts. If you want also, the “swarm” has ceased to be a laboratory concept to become a real combat tool, transforming not only the tactic into the front, but also the worldwide reflection on how far the autonomy of machines should reach the machines in life or death decisions. Image | Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine In Xataka | We had seen the drones of Ukraine do everything, but this is new: they are arriving lost to countries outside the war In Xataka | Ukraine has entered a phase so deranged with the drones that his drones are knocking themselves to themselves

We thought we had seen everything in washing machines, but no. DREame just presented one with three drums

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We have already talked about The crazy trend to add more functionalities to the washing machine and thus charge us a fortune for them. Connected washing machineswith Integrated Voice Assistantswith Telephone functionwith one Extra door to add things halfway and now washing machines not with one, but with three drums. It is not a concept, it is called Tri-Drum and is one of the home products that Dreame has presented in Ifa. Three drums You have read well. Dreame’s new invention is a washing machine that has a large drum with 10kg capacity and two smaller additional In the upper part with capacity for 400 grams of clothes. Image: DREame For the large casting we will use the 10kg drum, but we need wash some loose garment that has been stainedwe can resort to the other two and thus use much less water. It can also come good If we don’t want to mix garments either because of the color, because they are very dirty, because we want to wear a different detergent or due to allergies or sensitive skin (for example washing the clothes of a baby). At the moment we do not know its price or if it will go on sale in Spain. It is not the first Although it seems a lie, there have been other similar ones. Hisense presented the triple washer at the IFA of 2017although we believe that It never got on sale. Here they bet on two additional drums at the top, one for baby clothes and one for underwear. This same year, Haier also presented his triple drum washing machine Within its Leader range with a design that reminds Mickey Mouse’s silhouette. This time, it is on sale in China by 4,999 yuan, some 600 euros to the current change. LG Twinwash. Image: LG A few years ago LG presented the Twinwashan additional drum that we can place our washing machine at the bottom and to which we access As if we opened a drawer. Here we talk about an accessory and the two drums are quite large, so it is different from the bet of Dreame, Haier or Hisense. In this case the idea is that we can put two large straps at the same timeone for light clothes and one for the color. It is not sold in Spain. Cover image | DREame In Xataka | We are experts in technology, but it is time to buy a washing machine and we suffer

Dreame has presented washing machines, refrigerators and even ovens. The vacuum brand wants to become a home giant

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If we look at Dreame’s catalog we will see vacuum cleanerssome Robot cleaninga hair dryer or water dispensers, but above all vacuum cleaners. That has just changed. There is a trend of Chinese brands entering the world of large appliances and in Dreame they seem to have said “hold me the cubata” because They just entered fifteen new home categoriesincluding large appliance. Thus, suddenly. How many appliances have Dreame presented? Yeah Washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwasher, ovens … of everything. Dreame comes with a very ambitious home bet. Let’s see what everything they have presented: Audiovisual DREAME AURA MINI LED 4K TV S100 Dreame opens on audiovisual devices with DREAME AURA MINI LED 4K TV S100, a TV which stands out for the integration of more powerful speakers that, according to Dreame, is like having an integrated sound bar. There are also projectors, specifically three, all laptops. The Triple Laser Portable Projector T3 stands out for being able to become a screen of up to 100 inches with a very short run. They also have the T2 model that has a battery that lasts up to 2 hours and the T1, the most modest of the three. Within this category we also have the X4000 series monitor and the Home Cinema System Pano 5.1.2ch composed of twelve speakers, including sound bar and Subwoofer. Large appliances Tri-Drum Washer washing machine with three drums. PS: I love her. Xiaomi recently presented its range of large appliances And we already seemed ambitious, but Dreame goes even further. In the clothing washing section we have the L9 washing machine and dryer set, the Slimher washing machine, a mini washing machine and the craziest of all: A washer with three separate drums so that we can wash loose garments. DREAME Z-FERE refrigerator They have also presented not one, but two double door refrigerators, the Z-Fresh and Fizz Fresh. The two have A technology that reduces oxygen in the vegetable compartment To last longer. The Fizz Fresh also serves you water with fresh gas. I could not miss a dishwasher, the Z6000 that in addition to washing the dishes, the dry ones. There is even more. Two ovens, the Z6000Pro and Z6000 Steam-Boost, and two Airfryer, the Tasti AF30 and the Tasti DZ30, with double compartment. All ovens and airfryers have steam function so that the food is juicy and at the same time crispy. Air conditioning and others Dreame enters the air conditioning with the X-Wind, an air with a classic format, but with a dark gray design that does not go unnoticed. The most curious model is the Z Wind, a kind of tower that is attached to a corner, both vertically and horizontally. Although they already had some models in their offer, Dreame opens two new air purifiers, one of them with a humidifier function included. We also have a Organic garbage cube that adjusts the temperaturemoisture and avoid bad smells. Finally there is space for Home With home security cameras, smart locks, LED strips and connected bulbs. A blow to the table: here we are I do not remember a deployment of products as large as Dreame has just done in Ifa. We do not know how many of these products will arrive in Spainbut we talk about a brand that It began to be known in 2022 For selling vacuum cleaners in Amazon and suddenly sells dishwasher, ovens, washing machines and even air conditioners. A blow to the table. In addition to expanding their products, they have announced that by the end of the year They will open physical stores In several European cities, among which is Madrid. The truth is that Dreame has made a hole in the Spanish market in a short time and we can already find its products in most large areas. We will see how this bet comes out, but of course they are serious. Images | DREame In Xataka | A Chinese company that you do not know manufactures 35% of all microwaves in the world. Probably yours too

Taking the Chinese machines out of their factories

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TSMC and the US government have been stormy relationship for many years. Probably since this Taiwanese chips manufacturer, The Major on the Planetsnatched the leadership of the semiconductor production industry to Intel. “Our goal is to be number 1. Without exception. And to be it you have to spend three times more than your next competitor. ” Morris Changthe founder of TSMC, He pronounced these words In 1997. Intel dominated the chips industry. Currently the market share of this Asian company Broken 60% And in its client portfolio Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Broadcom or Qualcomm, among other US companies are sheltered. This is the reason why the US market is very important for TSMC. However, today This country cannot do without this company. Intel It has advanced lithography nodesbut the competitiveness of his Taiwanese rival is difficult to match. Even so, the Trump administration is exerting pressure on TSMC difficult to support. TSMC has decided to stop using Chinese machines in its avant -garde nodes He has just confirmed it Nikkei Asia. According to this means of Japanese communication, the TSMC Board of Directors has decided to stop using wafering processing equipment of Chinese origin in its most advanced lithography nodes. Its integrated circuit manufacturing plants are full of machines of the Dutch company ASMLthe Japanese Tokyo Electron and the American Apply materialsbut TSMC also uses Chinese equipment. TSMC is a customer at least of the Amyc and Mattson Technology companies Pulin Technology, Naura Technology, Amec (Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China), Mattson Technology or Piotech Inc. are some of the Chinese manufacturers of lithography equipment and most important wafering processing machines. TSMC is customer At least from Amec and Mattson Technologybut it seems that it will not be for a long time. The decision to dispense with their machines seeks to avoid possible US restrictions that could in interrupt the production of semiconductors. Until now the US government He is doing everything in his hand to prevent the most advanced chip manufacturing equipment from arriving in China, but, according to Nikkei AsiaHe is about to take another step. And it is that several US legislators led by Senator Mark Kelly have proposed to put a law that will prohibit companies that receive federal support and tax loans buy teams of “worrying foreign entities.” There is no doubt that they are very serious. Otherwise TSMC, which He has received subsidies of the US administration, I would not have made this decision even before Senator Kelly’s law thrives. More information | Nikkei Asia In Xataka | Intel was about to snatch Apple as a client from TSMC. Having achieved its story would be another

A giant is ready to get into the market of chips manufacturing machines: LG Electronics

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The HBM memories market (High Bandwidth Memory) that work side by side with the GPUs for artificial intelligence (IA) Three companies lead it clearly: Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron Technology. Interestingly, memory chips are The South Korean economy engine Trade dependent. And Samsung and Sk Hynix are Companies that support this industry In this Asian country. In fact, these two South Korean companies compete with each other to master the lucrative HBM memory chips. AND They do not supply when it comes to manufacturing as many integrated circuits as their customers demand. The most important of all of them is, as we can intuit, Nvidia. The export of semiconductors in South Korea increases, but its chips stocks 33.7% fell in April of 2024 compared to the same period of 2023 according to the National Statistics Office. In any case, another South Korean company is ready to enter the market for integrated HBM memory circuits, although it will not compete with SK Hynix and Samsung. LG is preparing a unique machine to produce HBM memories Manufacturing integrated VAGUARD HBM circuits is not simple. The processes involved in the production of these chips are complex, and in them very advanced technologies are involved. SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron are manufacturing on a large scale, although with different success12 -layer HBM3E memories. The two South Korean firms will produce large -scale HBM4 chips during the second semester of 2025, and Micron will do so in 2026. However, CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies), one of the Chinese companies specialized in the production of memoirs, will launch Your first HBM3E chips in 2027. The main quality of this equipment will be its ability to allow the stack of integrated circuits in a much more efficient way China has several memories manufacturers Important, but they currently do not have solutions capable of competing with the best of SK Hynix or Micron. This circumstance reminds us of how complex it is to manufacture latest generation HBM chips. LG Electronics is going to enter this marketbut you will not compete from you to you with memory chips manufacturers. The opposite; aspires to be your customers. Koo Kwang-Mo, the president of this company, has confirmed That its strategy is to participate in the hardware industry for AI, but it will make it marketing its own chips manufacturing equipment. In fact, LG is developing a machine that will be specifically designed to produce avant -garde HBM memories. According to this company, the main quality of this equipment will be its ability to allow the stack of integrated circuits in a much more efficient way than with the technologies currently available. In theory, the innovation in which LG engineers are working will contribute to the tuning of HBM memories of more capacity and with a lower heat dissipation index. LG plans go to make their HBM memories production team in 2028. The main manufacturers of these machines are the American company Applied Materials and the Dutch Besi, so these are The companies with which LG will compete If finally its memory semiconductor production machine comes to fruition. If so, it is likely that Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are interested in their team, although it is also possible to apply materials or kiss forward to LG. In fact, SK Hynix and Samsung plan to introduce this technology this year. More information | Economic Seoul In Xataka | Chinese memory chips manufacturers are a nightmare for the US and South Korea. There is a lot at play

“Chatbots are nothing more than Plagiar machines”

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In 2021 the world had not yet learned about what was coming, but Emily Bender – linguist and professor at the University of Washington – was very clear. That was when he copied A famous study in which he described the existing AI models as “Stochastic parrots“That expression since then became one of the best ways to define the basic functioning of Chatgpt. And four years later this expert is reaffirmed in its position: it is a skeptic with arguments. Stochastic parrots. The fundamental idea of ​​his analogy was to compare the models that were then (among them GPT-3, precursor to the used in chatgpt) as stochastic parrots. The “parrots” is clear, since models basically repeat what they are told through training. The “stochastic”, a not so well -known term, refers to the fact that the LLM do not repeat deterministicly or fixedly, but probabilistically predicts what the following word is most likely in a sequence based on the context. Aren’t humans? Sam Altman picked up the glove a year later, when the expression was already known. He did it on December 4, 2022, four days after Chatgpt was released. He wanted to try to make us see that according to him the human beings were also stochastic parrots. In a sense we are: We learn language patterns And we repeat phrases that we hear in addition to predicting what comes next in a conversation. However, there are critical differences with AI models. We understand what we say, while the LLM no We have awareness and intentionality when we speak, we not only produce probable sequences We have abstract reasoning and we are able to adapt reason, generalize and correct our errors in a flexible way: our thought is not purely statistical Declared skeptics. Emily Bender has not changed his mind in all these years. In fact, he has just published his book, ‘The ai with‘(Something like’ The Timo of AI ‘) in which he precisely develops the arguments on which he bases his reserves and skepticism regarding artificial intelligence. In a recent interview With Financial TimesBender stressed that the chatbots of AIs are nothing more than “plagiarism machines” and that the great language models (LLMS) on which they are based “have been born as shit.” They have sold us a lie. This expert believes that generative companies have sold us a lie. His models, he says, They will not fulfill those promisesbut they will not end the human race, as some have wanted to warn. In spite of all the expectation generated, in their opinion the chatbots are bad in most tasks and even the best models of today still have something similar to intelligence. And of “reasoning”, nothing. The new modes of “reasoning” that raise models such as O1, O3 or Deepseek R1 They are another lie in his opinionand that statement that they understand the world makes no sense. We are “imagining a mind behind the texts (generated),” he explains, “but all that understanding comes from our side,” not that of AI. It is not intelligence, it is automation. Bender, who is currently 51 years old, spent his first academic years in Stanford and Berkeley, and ended up working as a teacher at the University of Washington, where it has specially seen in how computers model in human language. In his opinion, the artificial intelligence name itself is exaggerated – an old debate – and should simply be called automation. Chatbots controlled by power. In her book ‘The AI ​​with’ She and her co -author, Alex Hanna, warn of the danger of current AI models. Especially since they are controlled by large companies with certain interests. “Thanks to the huge sums invested, a tiny camera clique has the ability to influence what happens to great stripes of society, he explains. Too much Hype. And in front of Altman or Amodei’s speeches and promises, which promise that We will arrive at the AGI soon or that the AI ​​replace Millions of workersBender’s vision is much more skeptical. For her it is nothing more than a “beautiful wrapping for spreadsheets”, but there is neither magic nor an emerging mind. A magical 8 ball with pretensions. His skeptical vision goes against personalities such as Sam Altman or Elon Musk, who do not stop promising all kinds of revolutions. “That everyone believes that this (AI) is a thinking entity goes to your benefit And very powerful, “he explains,” instead of making people think that this is nothing more than a magic ball with pretensions, “pointing to this toy that agitas asking a question and answers you with a” yes “,” no “,” depends “or some more options. Image | Wikimedia | Village Global In Xataka | Chatgpt is taking some people to the edge of madness. Reality is less alarmist and much more complex

A critical component of current chips manufacturing machines

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The teams of extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE) that manufactures the Dutch company ASML are extraordinarily sophisticated. In fact, they are those currently using TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Sy Hynix and Micron Technology for produce integrated avant -garde circuits. They are so complex that during the first phases of their design in the early 90s of the last century, ASML engineers They believed it was impossible. However, everything changed in 1997. That year Jos Benschop, the leader of the research department, reassess whether UNVE technology was a viable option. After the first tests he realized that The German company Zeiss He was able to develop extraordinarily sophisticated mirrors that would be necessary to transport ultraviolet light. And he was not wrong. That was the real starting point of technology that has made it possible for our mobile phones and computers to have such advanced chips. Zeiss’s feat arrived in the 90s One of the most complex elements of UVE lithography machines is The ultraviolet light source. The company of American origin Cymer, although since 2013 it is not an independent company. That year ASML executives decided to buy it to accelerate the development of the technologies involved in UVE lithography. An interesting note: the ultraviolet light is responsible for transporting the geometric pattern described by the mask so that it can be transferred with a lot of precision to the surface of the silicon wafer. Understanding what is the mask is simple: it is nothing other than a physical template that contains the design of the integrated circuit that is necessary to transfer to the Silicon wafer. In any case, there is another component without whose intervention It is not possible to carry out this crucial task. Other components, in plural, in reality, although all of them are of the same type. It is precisely the mirrors that Jos Benschop suspected in 1997 that Zeiss could produce. The light of 11.4 nm was discarded because it forced to use beryllium in the mirrors and is a toxic chemical element The role of the optical elements of this company in these lithography equipment is crucial. And it is because they are responsible for moving the UVE light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm from the source that is responsible for its emission to the mask contained in the geometric pattern that is necessary to translate into the silicon wafer. If the mirrors involved in the propagation of the UVE light are not manufactured with enormous precision the geometric pattern defined by the mask will be altered, and the chips will be damaged. Interestingly, the choice of the wavelength of the UVE light used by these machines was a very delicate decision. Initially the engineers involved in their tuning had four possible options: 13.5 nm, 11.4 nm, 6.6 nm and 4.8 nm. These last two wavelengths were finally ruled out due to the limitations they imposed Organic photorestoning materials. The light of 11.4 Nm was also discarded because it forced to use beryllium in the mirrors, and is a toxic chemical element. The wavelength of 13.5 Nm required to introduce molybdenum and silicon mirrors, but these elements do not pose any problem. This is the reason why UVE machines work with this light. In any case, this data clearly reflects the extraordinary level of precision with which it is necessary to manufacture the mirrors: Zeiss uses argon ions and other elements to polish layer per layer at the atomic level the mirrors, and then identifies and corrects the defects using a subnustric analysis technique. This last tool is capable of detecting defects with a lower precision than a nanometer (less than a millmillonieth part of a meter). * Some price may have changed from the last review Image | Zeiss BIBLIOGRAPHY | ‘Focus: The Asml Way’by Marc Hijink More information | Zeiss | Asianometry In Xataka | 2024 has been a year full of uncertainty for chip designers. So much that the market has changed leader

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