SAN JOSE, CA — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported bookings rose 10.7% sequentially in April, suggesting a near-term rebound is on the way.

OEMs reported $1.6 billion in orders in April 2012 on a three-month average basis, the trade group SEMI said.

The book-to-bill ratio was 1.10, A book-to-bill of 1.10 means that $110 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. It was the third straight month the ratio topped 1.0, the indicator of future growth. Semi gear bookings are considered a leading indicator for future printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly growth.

Bookings in April rose 10.7% over the final March 2012 numbers, and were flat compared to April 2011. Billings rose 13% from March but were down 11% from April 2011.

“Equipment orders in April increased to the value last reported one year ago,” said Dan Tracy, senior director of Industry Research & Statistics at SEMI.  "Since the last book-to-bill report, indications of increased spending have come from both the foundry and packaging subcontractor segments.”

The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of US dollars.

Source: SEMI May 2012

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加利福尼亚州圣何塞消息 - 北美半导体设备制造商，预订上升10.7％，比上一季度四月，暗示的方式是附近的一个短期反弹。

原始设备制造商报告在2012年4月三个月的平均基础上为1.6亿美元的订单，贸易团体半决赛。

本书出货比为1.10，一书，为每个产品收费为每月100元收到110美元的订单价值1.10手段帐单。这是连续第三个月的比例超过1.0，未来经济增长的指标。

预订在四月上升10.7％，超过2012年三月的最后数字，到2011年4月相比基本持平。比林斯从3月上升13％，但同比下降11％，从2011年4月。

“在4月设备订单增加值，最后报道一年前，说：”工业研究与统计的高级主管丹·特蕾西，在半。 “由于最后一本书对条例草案的报告，都来自代工和包装分包段增加支出的迹象。”

SEMI的书，对条例草案是基于北美半导体设备制造商的全球订单和账单3个月移动平均比率。比林斯和预订数字是在数百万​​美元。