Quote Originally Posted by mk_dir View Post
Indeed,Thuban core suposed to be a desktop variation of Lisbon (Opteron equivalent), so the IMC is exclusively DDR3, so no DDR2 support, and at the end, no socket AM2/AM2+ compatibility.
Interesting indeed, though:

Barcelona -> Phenom
Shanghai -> Phenom II
Istanbul -> Phenom II X6

Why should AMD take a different approach?