Nforce 5 to be called Nforce 4 Intel Edition?

And that is that when Nvidia formally pressed the button on the Nforce 5, it could be called the Nforce 4 (SLI) Intel Edition.

If that's true, that will set an unusual precedent for any semiconductor company. Usually the marketeers like their numbers to go up, not down, in line with their habit of using the phrase "going forward".

The British Labour Party, for example, is hoping to push the slogan "Forward, not back" for the next general election.

Some of us are wondering what Intel will do with its processor numbering scheme after it runs out of numbers below 1,000. We know, for example, that the plot is that its dual core "Smithfield ga-ga" processors will be numbered in the 800 series.

That doesn't leave a lot of headroom moving ever upward and onward, does it?

The main story is here, while the filing on the forum is here. µ