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I know dozen of people in Espressif, including the boss. A lot of Western employees left the company, or relocated because it's harder, and harder for a Wester
by baybal2 5y ago
I know dozen of people in Espressif, including the boss.
A lot of Western employees left the company, or relocated because it's harder, and harder for a Westerner to live there with each passing year, 100% true.
Most of them delivered their value as being an interface with the extensive developer community who jumped on "better than nothing developer support" from a chip company.
Now, however, their Chinese clients outnumber, and outsize Western customers.
- Sprite_tm 5y agoEspressif employee, and I'm not sure what your point is... the absolute amount of Western people working for us in Shanghai has only gone up on average, and globally it has skyrocketed (relatively speaking) since we opened thriving offices in Brno (Czech republic) and Puna (India).
- antattack 5y agoIt appears, at least in EU and US markets Tuya, and others, have 'abandoned' Espressif ( mostly replacing it with Realtek ICs) for their IoT solutions. It's nice to hear that Espressif is sound and well.
- zoobab 5y ago"replacing it with Realtek ICs" Which ones?
- antattack 5y agoYou can see the list here: https://developer.tuya.com/en/docs/iot-device-dev/hardware?id=Kaiuyfgqxi1cl https://developer.tuya.com/en/docs/iot-device-dev/hardware?i... Most devices use modules based on above: https://solution.tuya.com/hardware https://solution.tuya.com/hardware Some Tuya modules are compatible with ESP12F footprint so they can be converted to tasmota or esphome by de-soldering.