“We expect the incremental revenue associated with this supply agreement will be modest in 2004, with most of the effort this year focused on qualifying a number of products,” says Oleg Khaykin, Amkor’s executive president for corporate development. “However, based on preliminary volume estimates, we anticipate the revenue associated with this supply agreement may exceed $150 million in 2005.”

(May 20, 2004) San Jose, Calif.&#8212North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.59 billion in orders in April 2004 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.14, according to the April 2004 Express Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.14 means that $114 worth of new orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.