SEMI reports Q309 global semiconductor equipment billings of $4.54 billion

SAN JOSE, USA: SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $4.54 billion in the third quarter of 2009.

The billings figure is 69 percent percent higher than the second quarter of 2009 and 31 percent less than the same quarter a year ago. SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) jointly collect the data from 110 global equipment companies that provide input on a monthly basis.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $5.83 billion in the third quarter of 2009. The figure is 4 percent more than the same quarter a year ago and 98 percent greater than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2009.

The quarterly billings data by region in millions of US dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region are as follows:Source: SEMI/SEAJ December 2009