SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.67 billion in orders in
May 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.00
according to the May 2007 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A
book-to-bill of 1.00 means that $100 worth of orders were received for
every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in May 2007 was $1.67
billion. The bookings figure is about six percent greater than the final
April 2007 level of $1.57 billion and about three percent greater than the
$1.62 billion in orders posted in May 2006.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in May 2007 was $1.67
billion. The billings figure is about five percent greater than the final
April 2007 level of $1.59 billion and 15 percent greater than the May 2006
billings level of $1.45 billion.
"Bookings and billings remain at levels above a year ago, and there is
relative equilibrium in the book-to-bill ratio, which has remained very
near parity for half of a year," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO
of SEMI. "We are surveying member companies and will issue a new consensus
forecast outlook for capital equipment next month during SEMICON West."
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 Book-to-Bill
(Three-month avg.) (Three-month avg.)
December 2006 1,482.3 1,497.2 1.01
January 2007 1,448.0 1,445.8 1.00
February 2007 1,423.0 1,398.1 0.98
March 2007 1,436.4 1,419.6 0.99
April 2007 (final) 1,594.7 1,567.5 0.98
May 2007 (prelim.) 1,671.2 1,667.1 1.00
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, Silicon Valley, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
Editors Note:
The June 2007 SEMI Book-to-Bill Report is scheduled for publication on
July 17, 2007; 3:00 p.m. PDT (subject to change).
Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of
Japan (SEAJ) releases its June 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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