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Here is why, perhaps? But dual core K10 should be phenom. Right?
In the meantime, Barcelona bugs should be extreminated at Operating System Research Center (OSRC) in Dresden, Germany.

Additional research apparently also has been done in support of AMD's upcoming, though now potentially delayed, Barcelona core. For example, the OSRC has been involved in resolving any bugs in Barcelona's quad-core OS management before its launch.