Q1 Semi Equipment Bookings Up 27% YoY
SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $9.89 billion in the first quarter, up 27% from a year ago and down 5% sequentially.
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.15 billion in the quarter, up 9% sequentially and 39% from a year ago, SEMI added.
The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
1Q14/4Q13 |
1Q14/1Q13 |
|
Taiwan |
2.59 |
2.76 |
2.83 |
-6% |
-8% |
|
Korea |
2.03 |
1.64 |
0.86 |
24% |
135% |
|
North America |
1.85 |
1.37 |
1.53 |
35% |
21% |
|
China |
1.71 |
1.38 |
0.55 |
24% |
209% |
|
Japan |
0.96 |
1.10 |
0.71 |
-12% |
36% |
|
Europe |
0.58 |
0.58 |
0.38 |
1% |
55% |
|
ROW |
0.42 |
0.48 |
0.45 |
-11% |
-6% |
|
Total |
10.15 |
9.30 |
7.31 |
9% |
39% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ June 2014
