Quote Originally Posted by 570091D View Post

why?
Buldozer is aimed at high-performance segment, as well as "Thuban". Supposedly Bulldozer will be faster then Thuban, so what is the sense to release Thuban at the same time frame? Again Istanbul is barely competitive against Nehalem and supposedly will be just crashed by Sandy Bridge in Q4 2010. This movie seems to me like an act of desperation (considering there was no plans for Istanbul in the desktop segment in AMD's official roadmaps).

Istanbul vs. Nehalem:
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17005