Not surprisingly, AMD is preparing a desktop version of its Istanbul six-core server CPU. Istanbul is an extension of the Shanghai 45nm core, and includes the same 6MB L3 cache as with the quad core versions. Due to six cores, the total L2 cache is 3MB. Codenamed "Thuban" which means Dragon in Arabic (possibly a nod to Abu Dhabi government's investment in Globalfoundries), the desktop six-core is expected to be branded AMD Phenom II X6 and manufactured on the same 45nm SOI process as the current AMD Phenom II processors. Thuban is expected to arrive with the Leo platform as previously reported. Thus, it might release in the late Q2 '10 timeframe.

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