Semi Gear Orders Up 27% in February
SAN JOSE – The 90-day moving average orders for North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 26.7% year-over-year in February, according to the industry's top trade group.
The semiconductor fabrication industry posted $1.58 billion in orders in February, up 4.7% from the revised January figures.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in February was $1.83 billion, up 2.3% from January and up 79.8% from last year, when the market was emerging from a recession. Billings increased for the third month in a row.
The book-to-bill ratio was 0.87, meaning that $87 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. A ratio under 1.0 is considered an indicator of future decline.
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.
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Billings avg.) |
Bookings avg.) |
Book-to- Bill |
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September 2010 |
1,610.9 |
1,651.2 |
1.03 |
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October 2010 |
1,623.3 |
1,593.7 |
0.98 |
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November 2010 |
1,567.3 |
1,512.6 |
0.97 |
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December 2010 |
1,760.1 |
1,580.2 |
0.90 |
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January 2011 (final) |
1,786.9 |
1,513.9 |
0.85 |
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February 2011 (prelim) |
1,827.2 |
1,584.9 |
0.87 |
Source: SEMI March 2011
Semi Gear Orders Up 27% in February
