Quote Originally Posted by Shadov View Post
JF was talking about different functions from the start, additonally Lisbon (-> Thuban) is supposed to be different from Istanbul.

Though you always see what you want in order to support your interpretation.
So Lisbon and Thuban are different. I am not aware if this is a different mask or a fusing option. My gut would tell me a mask difference because they don't want HT Assist (it's really not of value for single processors).

We will all use the same cores and memory controllers, but there are distinct difference. Based on the feature sets, that would lead me to guess that they are different masks. But I don't work in development so I can't say for sure.