Quote Originally Posted by Oliverda View Post
I think that it is a wrong speculation. Thuban will be the Istanbul's desktop version which has the same combo IMC like Deneb.

It's better to be cautious about the Thuban because unfortunately it won't be faster than Deneb in single threaded applications. Deneb + 2 cores that's all,
If that was the case it could be out for half a year.
That it's launch coincides with AMD's next server platform with 6 and 12 core cpus might have something to do with the dice they plan to use.
As those G34 and C32 cpus won't even fit into current sockets DDR2 memory controller is a waste, therefore it's desktop variant would need AM3 socket.