Comments by "Grak70" (@Grak70) on "MEMS: The Second Silicon Revolution?" video.

Micromirror and microaperture arrays are fascinating. One of the NIR spectrometers on JWST has a particularly cool one. And it’s the basis for all of Texas Instruments’ IP on DLP.
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What are you even talking about. “Micron” is standard diction in the entire semiconductor and electronics industry.
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It has interesting properties, but in general not scalable to replace silicon. GaN wafers are formed by MBE on either sapphire, SiC, or silicon. Wafer sizes above 4” on sapphire or SiC and 6” on silicon just aren’t practical, therefore they can’t benefit from the economies of scale already present at 300mm silicon.
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@MrDanisve I work in a fab. Micron and nanometer are the trade terms in use the world over in this industry. This guy is either trolling or he’s a 14 year old pedant.
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@punditgi my point is regardless of the “official” word, micron is in extremely wide use. ESPECIALLY in the semiconductor industry. There’s also IUPAC names for complex organic molecules but chemists don’t use them. In this industry, “micron” is the correct choice of word. Saying “micrometer” in this field to a colleague makes you sound like a pretentious asshole.
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