Chuck isn't complaining about the language, he's complaining about the hostility of big IC manufacturers to sharing their data. For all but the most popular/tri

Chuck isn't complaining about the language, he's complaining about the hostility of big IC manufacturers to sharing their data. For all but the most popular/trivial chips, you have to sign an NDA with the manufacturer which means you have to first get them to give you the time of day, which isn't possible if you don't have large volumes and plans to purchase tons of chips from them. Except for companies like Alwinner (which isn't "western" by any means), most of the documentation is in English but getting it is so hard we usually have to fallback to Chinese versions, which are shared more easily due to legal and cultural norms.