eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (01/10/90)
Over the weekend I had call to think of THE NEXT buzzword.
In the begining, there was the Computer. Then came the MINI-computer [DEC],
and the first became the mainframe. Next came the SUPERcomputer.
When Convex introduced the mini-supercomputer. SCS had the term Crayette
introduced. After 4 hours of driving thru snow and rain it hit me the
next buzzword will be
mini-massive parallelism
or
massive mini-parallelism 8).
Just buzzwords, who said anything about making complete sense.
Send mail if you have a comment you want me to read. I am posting
here because it was suggested to me.
Another gross generalization from
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Do you expect anything but generalizations on the net?rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (01/10/90)
In article <5945@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >After 4 hours of driving thru snow and rain it hit me the next buzzword will be > mini-massive parallelism In the Celerity 1988 Business Plan (which should have been summed up succinctly as "find a buyer") they proposed the hyperminisupercomputer... -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. phone: +1 408 720-2939 928 E. Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "Two guys, one cart, fresh pasta... *you* figure it out." -- Suzanne Sugarbaker
preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) (01/10/90)
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"
brent@uwovax.uwo.ca (Brent Sterner) (01/10/90)
In article <4197@brazos.Rice.edu>, preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: > In article <5945@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >>Over the weekend I had call to think of THE NEXT buzzword. > > < lots of stimulating stuff removed > > > Perhaps the worst, and therefore the clincher, > is calling GaAs devices "hemiconductors." > > sign me > "Embarrassed" Not half as embarrassed as I'm gonna be. Your mention of "hemi" reminded me of my music days. Very old music theory follows. In 4/4 time, a whole note is called a "breve" in olde English (perhaps still in use?). A half note a "minim". A quarter note a "crotchet", and an eighth note a "quaver". Then the good maestros ran out of words and began adding prefixes. Note :-) that the duration of each note is being cut in half with each subsequent step. The prefix-named notes are "semi quaver", "demi semi quaver", and "hemi demi semi quaver" for sixteenth, thirty-second, and 64th notes respectively. I suggest we call silicon a "semiconductor", and GaAs becomes a "demisemiconductor". The development of a hemidemisemiconductor is left as an exercise for the reader. b. -- Brent Sterner Technical Support Manager, Academic Systems Network <BRENT@uwo.ca> <BRENT@UWOVAX.BITNET> <129.100.2.13> Telephone (519)661-2151 x6036 Last Gasp Computing & Communications Services, Natural Sciences Building The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
hascall@cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) (01/10/90)
In article <4197> preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: }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? Isn't someone (sgi?) already using "Turbo"? And I suppose we can look forward to: DOHC Double OverHead Computer (a CISC no doubt :-) Have you driven a MIPs lately? Cray is the clockbeat of America. (Can you order ScotchGuard on the seats?) etc.. etc... Well, we might as well adopt the automotive paradigm, after all it seems computers already have a *model year*! "Here's a lovely '89 DECstation owned by a little old lady who only used it to play gnuchess on Sundays..." Sign me, "Carried away"
kleonard@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM (Ken Leonard) (01/11/90)
In article <4197@brazos.Rice.edu> preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes:
* I support the immediate drafting of the buzz-adjective "hemi"
* . . .
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And how many of us are old enough to remember that the colloquial use of
hemi-whozis came from the days of "muscle" cars with "hemi[spherical]-head"
engines?
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Aside from which, simply as an arbitrary prefix, the French[?] fashion-
marketing term equivalent of "hemi" is "demi". Whichfrom derive such things
as the "demi-bra", which is designed to display more that what's really
there, or at least to make a maximal display. Which leads us into the
wonderful world of computer-marketing. . .
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* . . .
* sign me
* "Embarrassed"
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You should be!
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p.s. Who is "Tera"?roelof@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Vuurboom) (01/11/90)
In article <4197@brazos.Rice.edu> preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) writes: >In article <5945@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >>Over the weekend I had call to think of THE NEXT buzzword. > In the search for the next high-performance buzzword some neural cross-connection reminded me of the South African word for submarine: pakmenooitnie (pak me nooit nie) which loosely translates as "you'll never catch me". I can see even now advertising offers for the standard microprocessor version and the full-blown screamer pakmenooitnie version... :-) -- The guy who said "The good die young" may have been talking about turkeys... Roelof Vuurboom SSP/V3 Philips TDS Apeldoorn, The Netherlands +31 55 432226 domain: roelof@idca.tds.philips.nl uucp: ...!mcvax!philapd!roelof
chris@dg.dg.com (Chris Moriondo) (01/12/90)
In article <281@dino.cs.iastate.edu> hascall@cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes: >>In article <5945@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes: >>>Over the weekend I had call to think of THE NEXT buzzword. > > Isn't someone (sgi?) already using "Turbo"? I'd like to see legislation passed prohibiting the use of the word "Turbo" on any product which does not actually contain a turbine... (:-) -chrism
james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen) (01/14/90)
In <251@dg.dg.com>, uunet!dg!chris (Chris Moriondo) wrote: > I'd like to see legislation passed prohibiting the use of the > word "Turbo" on any product which does not actually contain a > turbine... (:-) Remember that a "turbo" becomes active in the presence of a large volume of rapidly moving hot air... ... which explains why marketing types relate to the word so well :-) -- James R. Van Artsdalen james@bigtex.cactus.org "Live Free or Die" Dell Computer Co 9505 Arboretum Blvd Austin TX 78759 512-338-8789