Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1998/11/11/conexant_non_exact_texan_con/

Conexant non exact Texan con

Rockwell Semi changes name

By Craig Scatsit

Posted in On-Prem, 11th November 1998 12:32 GMT

The spun off division of Rockwell dealing in semiconductors has decided to re-name itself Conexant. According to the company, the Conexant name was chosen to represent the company's strategic positioning in comms technologies. More. "Conexant is a newly coined word from three key components -- the verb 'connect', the adjective 'next' and the suffix 'ant'... The suffix 'ant' implies a proactive action-oriented approach to business." Dear me. If you go over to the Anagram Server you will discover that reasonable anagrams for Conexant are 'Texan Con' and 'Non Exact'. And if 'ant' implies a proactive action-oriented approach to business, then what about other words such as rant, descant, and perhaps even elegant... ®