June 13, 2012 — Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings and bookings were virtually tied in Q1 2012, reports SEMI, with $10.61 billion in billings and $10.07 in bookings. This is a 13-14% improvement sequentially, and 9% below the same quarter last year.
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.61 billion in Q1 2012, reports SEMI. The billings figure is 14% higher than the fourth quarter of 2011 and 9% lower than Q1 2011.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $10.07 billion in Q1 2012, 13% higher than the bookings figure for the fourth quarter of 2011 and 9% lower than Q1 2011.
This data is gathered in 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 millions of US dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region. SOURCE: SEMI/SEAJ June 2012. Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
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1Q12/4Q11 |
1Q12/1Q11 |
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Korea |
3.32 |
2.55 |
1.66 |
30% |
100% |
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North America |
2.16 |
2.19 |
2.75 |
-1% |
-22% |
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Taiwan |
1.77 |
1.55 |
2.73 |
14% |
-35% |
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Japan |
1.29 |
1.24 |
1.34 |
3% |
-4% |
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Europe |
0.82 |
0.76 |
1.25 |
8% |
-34% |
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China |
0.72 |
0.54 |
1.04 |
33% |
-30% |
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ROW |
0.52 |
0.50 |
0.88 |
4% |
-41% |
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Total |
10.61 |
9.34 |
11.65 |
14% |
-9% |
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