Triple Core Phenom is a Quad Core In Disguise

[Jason]

We have confirmation from AMD that the triple core Phenom is based on the same Die as the Quad core and internally they are the same. This makes a lot of sense for the chipmaker as they will be wasting less usable chips and will be able to offer an additional product to the market. This kind of tactic is not new to AMD and has served them well in the past. As you saw from our previous news announcement we suspected the triple core to be a quad with the fourth disabled some time ago.

Check out this video about the new processor and gaming here.