{
  "id": 12104414,
  "title": "Intel Core Ultra 4000 Series Naming Will Supposedly Extend To Nova Lake-HX Mobile Segment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/intel-core-ultra-4000-series-naming-will-supposedly-extend-to-nova",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:34:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lowyat.NET",
    "slug": "lowyat-net",
    "url": "https://www.lowyat.net/2026/406328/intel-core-ultra-4000-series-naming-will-supposedly-extend-to-nova-lake-hx-mobile-segment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Intel is reportedly applying the \"Core Ultra 4000 Series\" naming convention to its Nova Lake-HX mobile CPU lineup, as suggested by leakster Jaykihn on X. This means the enthusiast-grade mobile processors will now carry a four-digit label, instead of the previous three-digit naming style. Jaykihn claims this aligns with past Intel naming conventions, such as Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, and Haswell microarchitectures, before transitioning to a five-digit naming scheme in its 9th Generation Coffee Lake-S.\n\nSeveral Nova Lake-S SKUs will reportedly be named as Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC, Core Ultra 9 4950K, and Core Ultra 7 4870K BFC. BFC stands for big last level cache, a term used by Intel. The same Nova Lake lineup is expected to feature a 52-core SKU. Intel has returned to using more than three digits to name its SKUs for the first time since Arrow Lake, a generation that marketed itself with a four-number naming system, such as Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, or Core Ultra 285K.\n\nDespite this change, Intel isn't abandoning its current mobile CPU naming strategy completely. The company continues using this four-number naming methodology with its mobile CPUs, including the HX chips, while the H and suffix-less mobile segment maintains the three-digit naming convention from the previous generation.",
  "summary": "Intel will reportedly apply the “Core Ultra 4000 Series” naming convention not just to its desktop line, but also to its Nova Lake-HX mobile CPU lineup. This basically means that the enthusiast-grade mobile processor lineup will be labelled with a four-digit name, rather than three digits. The detail comes from serial leakster Jaykihn, who posted […] The post Intel Core Ultra 4000 Series Naming…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}