Semi Fab Equipment Orders Up Sequentially
SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings plunged 32% year-over-year in the first quarter, SEMI said this week.
Bookings were down 23% over the same period, the trade group noted. SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan present the data as a 90-day moving average.
Billings rose 8% sequentially $7.31 billion, while orders were up 14%, based on data from over 100 global equipment companies.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of US dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
1Q13/4Q12 |
1Q13/1Q12 |
|
Taiwan |
2.83 |
2.17 |
1.77 |
31% |
60% |
|
North America |
1.53 |
1.94 |
2.28 |
-21% |
-33% |
|
Korea |
0.86 |
0.80 |
3.32 |
8% |
-74% |
|
Japan |
0.71 |
0.51 |
1.29 |
40% |
-45% |
|
China |
0.55 |
0.39 |
0.72 |
42% |
-23% |
|
ROW |
0.45 |
0.48 |
0.52 |
-6% |
-14% |
|
Europe |
0.38 |
0.50 |
0.82 |
-26% |
-54% |
|
Total |
7.31 |
6.79 |
10.73 |
8% |
-32% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ June 2013
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
