MILPITAS, CA — The 90-day moving average sales at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose nearly 28% year-over-year to $2.18 billion worldwide in August.

SEMI reports the three-month average worldwide billings was 3.9% lower sequentially but up 27.7% from August 2016.

“Equipment billings in August declined relative to July, signaling a pause in this year's extraordinary growth," said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “Nonetheless monthly billings remain well above last year's monthly levels."

  

Billings
(3-mo. avg)

Year-Over-Year

 March 2017

$2,079.7

73.7%

 April 2017

$2,136.4

46.3%

 May 2017

$2,270.5

41.8%

 June 2017

$2,300.3

34.1%

 July 2017 (final)

$2,269.7

32.9%

 August 2017 (prelim)

$2,181.8

27.7%

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