I only ever had a very brief hands on time with SuperH based systems (excluding the excessive amount of Saturn/Dreamcast play time). They seemed to have efficie

I only ever had a very brief hands on time with SuperH based systems (excluding the excessive amount of Saturn/Dreamcast play time). They seemed to have efficiency as their very core goal. So while they were not the fastest processors around, they squeezed out every little drop from what they had to work with.