There's an interesting Slashdot post post up right now, citing a story by The Inquirer that Intel has opened its front-side bus to third-party development. It's true.

The problem is that it happened a few months ago.

One of my editors used to warn about a phenomenon in reporting called "file and forget". It's a byproduct of always looking ahead toward the next big thing. In this case, the reporter who filed the story apparently forgot that he had already reported the story in September. What's amusing is that it wasn't such a big deal then, and now it's a "bombshell".

Then:

"The big new news was about opening up the FSB to partners like Xilinx and Altera, they are calling it Geneseo. The news of Torenza lite may sound like a big deal, but if you look at the rate that chipset and other partners are fleeing Intel, I don't expect this to amount to much. How many companies make Xeon DP chipsets again?" (emphasis mine)

And now:

"One of the most significant things Intel is doing this IDF is going unnoticed by many. It took a friendly fellow pointing it out to open our eyes to the biggest bombshell of the show. Intel is opening up the front side bus (FSB)."

I thought it was old news, but I too had to send an email to Intel just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, either. Of course, one of the companies that Intel was partnering with in September (as reporter Charlie Demerjian noted) was Xilinx, the same company who probably "tipped" him six months later.

Hey, the Inq's a fun publication to read. It breaks news. No harm done, I suppose. But as of early afternoon PDT on Tuesday, no Slashdot reader had picked up on it either, which made me chuckle, too. How many others will follow suit?