SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI today reported that
worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $9.58
billion in the first quarter of 2006. The billings figure is 20 percent
higher than the fourth quarter of 2005 and about three percent above the
same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in cooperation with the
Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 150
global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
SEMI also reported worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings of
US$9.94 billion in the first quarter of 2006. The figure is 36 percent
above the same quarter a year ago, and 18 percent above the bookings figure
for the fourth quarter of 2005.
"Bookings and billings for the first quarter of 2006 posted strong
gains over the fourth quarter of 2005, with North America and Korea showing
particularly robust growth," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of
SEMI. "Year-over-year sales in most regions saw double-digit growth, with
the exception of Europe, and Korea, which saw capacity purchased in 2004
coming online."
The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars,
year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region are as
follows:
1Q06/4Q05 1Q06/1Q05
Region 1Q 2006 4Q 2005 1Q 2005 (Q-o-Q) (Y-o-Y)
Europe $920 $856 $909 7% 1%
China $380 $375 $326 1% 17%
Japan $2,331 $2,008 $2,114 16% 10%
North America $1,795 $1,339 $1,561 34% 15%
Korea $1,774 $1,310 $2,283 35% -22%
Taiwan $1,589 $1,384 $1,423 15% 12%
ROW $788 $737 $708 7% 11%
Total $9,577 $8,008 $9,325 20% 3%
Source: SEMI/SEAJ May 2006
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
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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,
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