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From: preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
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Subject: Re: New buzzword
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Date: 10 Jan 90 02:52:48 GMT
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In article <5945@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes:
>Over the weekend I had call to think of THE NEXT buzzword.

I support the immediate drafting of the buzz-adjective "hemi"
into the computer architecture/marketing lexicon.  After all,
"hemi" has performed yeoman service over the years for the
auto industry (particularly *performance* cars, nudge, nudge).
And who knows more about marketing?

The obvious usage is Hemi Mini.  Hemi Drive has possibilities 
(or perhaps Demi Drive).  Or a souped-up barrel processor 
called the Hemi-HEP (pay attention Tera).

Perhaps the worst, and therefore the clincher,
is calling GaAs devices "hemiconductors."

sign me
"Embarrassed"