Buzzword coined in the early
nineties by
Sega,
bragging about how their
Motorola M68000
processor ran at 7.15 Mhz, while the
SNES's 65C02 ran at 3.5 Mhz.
This buzzword caught on for a time, with little rebuttal by Nintendo. In their traditionally stodgy way, Nintendo let the games speak louder than their PR department ever could.