SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average orders rose 12.9% over 2015 in June.

The sector posted $1.71 billion in orders worldwide in June, the trade group SEMI said, down 2.1% sequentially but still up definitively from a year ago.

The three-month average worldwide billings was $1.71 billion, up 7% from the final May figures and up 10.2% from June 2015. Shipments reached their highest level since February 2011, SEMI noted

The book-to-bill ratio dropped 9 basis points from May to 1.0. A ratio of 1.0 means that $100 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.

 

Billings
(3-mo. avg)

Bookings
(3-mo. avg)

Book-to-Bill

January 2016

$1,221.2

$1,310.9

1.07

February 2016

$1,204.4

$1,262.0

1.05

March 2016

$1,197.6

$1,379.2

1.15

April 2016

$1,460.2

$1,595.4

1.09

May 2016 (final)

$1,601.5

$1,750.5

1.09

June 2016 (prelim)

$1,714.0

$1,713.2

1.00

Source: SEMI, July 2016

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