The situation has been tight since last month, April 2012

May 29, 2012 13:26 GMT  ·  By

The Intel Atom D525 processor, codenamed Pineview, would probably be better known to the world if it had scored more consumer electronics design wins instead of digital signage, gaming machines, embedded systems, and point of sales (POS) machines.

There are other ways for a product to become known by the common folk, though not all of them fortuitous. This is one such case.

According to murmurs among component makers, Intel hasn't managed to provide as many Pineview chips as required.

In fact, the Santa Clara, California-based company has been hard-pressed to meet orders since last month (April 2012).

The industrial PC market, overall, has only been receiving 20% of the chip shipments it is supposed to. Intel has been trying a new management strategy to smoothen things out, but little success has been met.