Quote Originally Posted by Oj101 View Post
They're only compatible if they include a DDR2 controller onboard, which I think the hexacore doesn't. I stand to be corrected
I think that it is a wrong speculation. Thuban will be the Istanbul's desktop version which has the same combo IMC like Deneb.

Istanbul = Shanghai/Deneb + 2 cores and nothing more

Istanbul's stepping is D0 so I think that the Thuban will be the D2 CPU.

D0 -> D2: better scaling and some minor modifications maybe (like C2->C3)


Quote Originally Posted by Nedjo View Post
X6 is based on new "*******Hound" core (revision), and I'm positive that you all will be amazed how great this beauty&beast will be

I'm personally more excited than I was prior to Phenom II launch
What are you talking about? Deerhound maybe?



It's better to be cautious about the Thuban because unfortunately it won't be faster than Deneb in single threaded applications. It won't contain any architectural changes. Deneb + 2 cores that's all, but at last it will be able to compete clock2clock in multi-threaded apps with quad-core i7 thanks to the more cores.

The big question is the pricing....