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Guessing, but possibly because almost all foundries are run by people who don’t speak English, at least not natively. You have a longer chain of communication
by andrewxdiamond 5y ago
Guessing, but possibly because almost all foundries are run by people who don’t speak English, at least not natively.
You have a longer chain of communication between you and them, so things get muddied.
I imagine that foundry news written in Chinese/Korean/Cantonese is much more well written and in depth.
- ethbr0 5y agoThere also seems a propensity for packing the maximum amount of information into every sentence. Which leads to the narrative equivalent of a PowerPoint presentation where every slide is just plastered with numbers from corner to corner.
- sanxiyn 5y agoI confirm semiconductor writings in Chinese/Korean are much better than those in English. (Not Cantonese: Cantonese is pretty weak as a written language.) Somewhat surprisingly, best writings, at least at popular level, come from Japan. Japan is the highest literacy society on Earth (if you look at OECD PIAAC, there's just no comparison with anyone else) and Japanese publishing industry is extremely strong, such that real experts can write somewhat technical books on semiconductor industry and you can expect it to sell if it's any good.