North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 2007 Book-To-Bill Ratio of 1.05

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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 2007 Book-To-Bill Ratio of 1.05
    SAN JOSE, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.65 billion in orders in
February 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.05
according to the February 2007 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI.
A book-to-bill of 1.05 means that $105 worth of orders were received for
every $100 of product billed for the month.
    The three-month average of worldwide bookings in February 2007 was
$1.65 billion. The bookings figure is about one percent under the final
January 2007 level of $1.67 billion and about 28 percent above the $1.29
billion in orders posted in February 2006.
    The three-month average of worldwide billings in February 2007 was
$1.58 billion. The billings figure is about two percent under the final
January 2007 level of $1.60 billion and 23 percent higher than the February
2006 billings level of $1.28 billion.
    "The three month average for North American bookings and billings
remained steady in February," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of
SEMI. "Though semiconductor industry market trends have slowed some in the
first part of 2007, current equipment data are at levels well above one
year ago."
    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.


                             Billings          Bookings
                        (Three-month avg.) (Three-month avg.)   Book-to-Bill
    September 2006            1,672.8           1,639.2           0.98
    October 2006              1,562.9           1,468.6           0.94
    November 2006             1,486.1           1,426.5           0.96
    December 2006             1,482.3           1,497.2           1.01
    January 2007 (final)      1,604.5           1,674.7           1.04
    February 2007 (prelim.)   1,577.6           1,652.8           1.05
    The data contained in this release was compiled by David Powell, Inc.,
an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted
directly by the participants. SEMI and David Powell, Inc. assume no
responsibility for the accuracy of the underlying data.
    The data are contained in a monthly Book-to-Bill Report published by
SEMI. The report tracks billings and bookings worldwide of North American-
headquartered manufacturers of equipment used to manufacture semiconductor
devices, not billings and bookings of the chips themselves.
    SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels,
    Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo
and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
     Editors Note:

     The March 2007 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication on
     April 17, 2007; 3:00 p.m. PDT (subject to change).

     Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan
     (SEAJ) releases its October Book-to-Bill Report on approximately the same
     date.  The SEAJ Book-to-Bill Report tracks billings and bookings
     worldwide of Japanese-headquartered semiconductor equipment
     manufacturers. For more information on the SEAJ data, visit
     http://www.seaj.or.jp
SOURCE SEMI
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Dan Tracy, +1-408-943-7987, or
dtracy@semi.org, or Scott Smith, +1-408-943-7957, or
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