“For example, I estimate that Apple will likely spend on the order of $300 million to $500 million -- and three to five years -- to mature the technology before it can used in large scale. - Check”
At best that is a half check. I’m pretty certain that Apple hasn’t given any guidance on how much R&D money has been spent on BMG since 2012. That might be a half check, but we don’t know.
3-5 years from 2012 is 2015-2017, not 2021. Not worthy of a half check.
Interestingly, after "leaving" liquidmetal, he works as an amorphous metals consultant for another company in China: PometalTech (developing the ecosystem?)
Chief Technology Consultant Co-inventor of leading Liquidmetal alloys with pioneering career of AM applications - Business Development Executive, IBM Research & IP - Director of Advanced Materials / Senior Scientist at Applied Sciences Laboratory of Washington State University - VP-Technology of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. - More than 35 patents covering alloys, processing and applications of AM.