Discussing the release of economical six-core opteron processor , we noted the apparent absence in AMD plans with respect to the release of analogous processors in the desktop segment. However, Intel is assembled to prolong the life cycle of LGA 1366 platform precisely with the six-core gulftown processors , which will appear in the second quarter 2010.
As report associates , AMD company nurtures plans with respect to the release of 45 nm six-core processors thuban, which will obtain structurally the socket AM3 performance . The built-in memory controller will ensure work with dual-channel DDR3-1333, to each core will fall 512 KB cache in the second level, and the cache in the third level with 6 mb volume will be general for all six cores.
The announcement of thuban processors is planned for the third quarter 2010. The range of their clock frequencies is not revealed, but the existing six-core processors istanbul work at frequencies up to 2.8 GHz. If we consider that the technical process will remain as before, special changes in the frequency potential will not be large.