I work in the semiconductor industry and in the early nineties, while working for Intel, I used to encounter chip sizes defined in "mils" which used to make my skin crawl.
However, since then, I haven't ever encountered the mil. Of course, things are still measured in "microns", but I'd rather have microns over mils. Interestingly enough, dimensions are small enough now that measurements are now slowly shifting towards nanometers. 300mm wafers, 90nm designs are commonly heard. ajat --- Remek Kocz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During one of his many segues into topics other than the book we were > covering, my 8th grade English teacher introduced our class to the > concept of the 'mil,' which he said was also known as the > 'milli-inch.' I nearly burst out laughing at the time, realizing full > well that this was some ridiculous attempt to "metricate" the inch. > Sitting in the back of my class, I was able to discretely tell my > classmates what I thought. > > Since that time, I noticed that the use of the mil in the consumer > life is really limited to the thincknesses of very thin materials, > such as paper, aluminum foil, garbage bags, or plastic wrap. > Considering the Americans' distinct familiarity with the millimeter, > it's reasonable to speculate, that we quite honestly could do without > the mil. But, of course, this brings up the question, of how > widespread is the mil in industry? > > Remek > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
