Everyone and their uncle has read the rumours of the Phenom II - formerly known as Deneb - and EETimes, a respected dead tree magazine (and web site) has jumped the gun, got NDA dates wrong, got an exclusive, or simply managed to really annoy AMD.

I looked on AMD's press release page, and there is no sign of a press release announcing Phenom II, so take what you read with a grain of salt.

According to EETimes:

• Phenom II will come with up to 8MB of cache, and will be 45nm based - so far so good, agrees with the Shanghai specs, and rumours.
• Phenom II will run at "data rates" of up to 3GHz - again, still gibes.
• 65nm for AM2+ and 45nm for AM3 <--- this does not agree with previous rumours, according to which all Phenom II's will be 45nm
• Up to 20% improvement over original Phenom  - quite possible
• $275 Phenom II 3.0GHz
• $235 Phenom II 2.8GHz
• Expected to appear at CES in January

Frankly, the EETimes piece seems more like a rumour roundup / Shanghai rehash. We'll see how AMD reacts!