DigiTimes reports that Asus is set to launch some new notebooks using new Intel 45nm Celeron processor on September 7. The new notebooks will sport ultra thin designs. Apparently, the new machines are not set to hit America though.

According to DigiTimes sources, the new ultra-thin notebooks will ship initially to Taiwan, China, and Europe. The processors used in the new notebook will be the Celeron 743 and the SU2300 CPUs that are reportedly priced at $107 and $134 for the CPUs alone in 1000 unit quantities.

MSI and Acer are reportedly following suit with thin systems of their own base don’t the same CPUs. Asus expects ultra-thin systems to account for 10 to 20% of the company's total shipments in Q3 2009.