"Growth is also expected to continue for the foreseeable future, with shipments expanding to 95 million units by 2016," the analyst firm noted. "This will drive long-term growth for devices used in ultrabooks, including motion sensors."

generally have been looking to ultrabooks to boost the ailing market.

, which recently rose to the number 2 position in the worldwide PC market, said this spring that it planned to push ultrabooks in its effort reach to the top position held by Hewlett-Packard.

"We're confident that this is going to grow our business," said Nick Reynolds, an executive director for Lenovo, in a previous interview.

According to IHS, to kick start the ultrabook market, PC makers need to bring prices down.