Semiconductor equipment billings $7.46 billion in Q1 2010`

SAN JOSE, USA: SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world’s chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $7.46 billion in the first quarter of 2010.

The billings figure is 32 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2009 and 142 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 120 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $9.41 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The figure is 484 percent more than the same quarter a year ago and 28 percent greater than the bookings figure for the fourth 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 June 2010.
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.