SAN JOSE – North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a 90-day rolling average of $1.82 billion in orders in August, up nearly 200% from last year.

Bookings were down 1.1% from the revised July figures, but up 195.5% from August 2009, SEMI said.

The three-month average of worldwide billings was $1.55 billion, up 3.8% from the final July numbers and 167.6% over August 2009.

The book-to-bill ratio was 1.17, meaning that for every $117 worth of orders received, $100 worth of product was billed.

"Overall equipment billings increased 4% percent in August, resulting in the highest levels experienced since September 2007," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "While bookings declined slightly in August, 2010 is still on track to be a record growth year for semiconductor equipment.”

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 U.S. dollars.

Source: SEMI September 2010

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