DigiTimes reports that HP has recently placed orders for the new Nano processor from Via. That raises the intriguing question of whether HP plans to use those CPUs in a follow-up to the excellent Mini-Note 2133 or just intends to stuff them into cheap desktops and the like. They don't know, but it does note that HP has already ordered 500,000 Via C7-M processors, which indicates they're planning to sell half a million Mini-Notes by the end of the year. It could be interesting, especially if the Nano can be quite a bit faster than the Atom, and it might be better suited to a more full-featured netbook-type system as a result.