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AMD Phenom II X6 “Thuban” Processors to Get Dynamic Speed Boost Technology. Link
Seems Thuban is much more than an Istanbul on a new stepping. This would explain why they release quad cores based on Thuban with 2 cores disabled on the desktop.
Xbitlabs said:In an attempt to provide maximum possible performance for enthusiasts, Advanced Micro Devices plans to implement a dynamic performance boost technology into its six-core processors known as Phenom II X6 “Thuban”.
There is a clear trend towards increase of the number of cores inside central processing units (CPUs), just five years ago a dual-core chip was a dream, whereas now we are approaching six-core microprocessors. The software is, unfortunately, seriously behind the hardware and many applications still cannot take advantage of additional cores, but fully depend on clock-speeds. In order to provide maximum possible performance in such programs, developers of CPUs implement special dynamic performance boosting technologies that disable certain cores and overclock the rest.
Seems Thuban is much more than an Istanbul on a new stepping. This would explain why they release quad cores based on Thuban with 2 cores disabled on the desktop.