As 65nm Phenom mask would be bigger than the one that AMD has with K8 at 65nm, some important people have decided to cancel the dual core Phenom until 45nm arrives.

The decision was based on business and is a strategy, as AMD likes the way that the dual core Athlons perform and these dual core 3.2GHz CPUs are selling for under €100 as we speak.

It would be very tough to position a dual core Phenom and AMD probably has the same clocking problem with these dual cores.

Dual core Phenom's at 45nm should be scheduled for Q2 2009 and from this point in time, this looks awfully far away.