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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by starflyer
What??? I don't understand.

The linked article talks about improved performance, not a change that slows down performance. This sounds like a "speed boost", not a "speed bump".
When a design is "refreshed" and one of the only changes is increased processor speed, that's known as a "speed bump", because the speed is increased incrementally. E.G. 1.83 bumped to 2.0 with an optional bump to 2.16.
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