ASUS company repeatedly declared, that it was intended in 2008 to release near 5 mln eee PC notebook. Since the amount od Inte atom porcessor was insufisant , ALL new ASUS eee PC models use celeron M processors . Intel representatives promised, that the scarcity of atom processors will be removed in the third quarter.
Associate reports that intel company intend to dispatch in this year 20 mln. processors atom. It is obvious that 20 mln. processors is not so much.
All these factors will only raise demand for atom processors , and intel companies had to apply numerous efforts in order to avoid scarcity.