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> Hitachi's SH series were supposedly named that because they were "super hot". Super hot like they're great chips, or super hot like they're space heaters tha
by meepmorp 3y ago
> Hitachi's SH series were supposedly named that because they were "super hot".
Super hot like they're great chips, or super hot like they're space heaters that incidentally do math?
- TapamN 3y agoIt's not because of their temperature. One version of the SH3 (single issue, at 80 MHz) is speced at 260 mW. The SH4 used in the Dreamcast (dual issue at 200 MHz), seems to be 4W. Hitachi apparently had a trademark on "Cool Engine" for the SuperH (https://www.cpushack.com/CIC/embed/announce/HitachiSH7709.html https://www.cpushack.com/CIC/embed/announce/HitachiSH7709.ht...).
- johnklos 3y agoThey definitely don't run hot. In addition to Dreamcasts, they were used in many appliance type devices like NAS, and I've never seen or heard of any that require cooling.
- gumby 3y agoAs in the "hot chips" conference -- supposed to mean "amazing and a big hit". I mean, would the marketing department promote something negative?
- Sophistifunk 3y agoSuper Hot like they were named in Japan in the early 90s
- numpad0 3y agoUndoubtedly retronymized from Super Hitachi as in the successor to Hitachi H8... So if it weren't supposed to stand for hot, it'll still have had to be something with H.