SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMI today reported that
worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $9.59
billion in the second quarter of 2006. The billings figure is 0.2 percent
higher than the first quarter of 2006 and about twenty-seven 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$11.53 billion in the second quarter of 2006. The figure is 60 percent
above the same quarter a year ago, and about 23 percent above the bookings
figure for the first quarter of 2006.
"In the second quarter of 2006, worldwide bookings for semiconductor
manufacturing equipment posted strong sequential gains, while billings
reached their highest levels since the first quarter of 2001," said Stanley
T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.
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:
Region 2Q 2006 1Q 2006 2Q 2005 2Q06/1Q06 2Q06/2Q05
(Q-o-Q) (Y-o-Y)
Europe $954 $920 $799 4% 19%
China $693 $380 $236 83% 193%
Japan $1,924 $2,331 $1,584 -17% 21%
North America $1,836 $1,795 $1,400 2% 31%
Korea $1,518 $1,774 $1,241 -14% 22%
Taiwan $1,763 $1,589 $1,619 11% 9%
ROW $907 $788 $696 15% 30%
Total $9,594 $9,577 $7,576 0.2% 27%
Source: SEMI/SEAJ August 2006
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
The Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) from SEMI provides
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which offers an early perspective of the trends in the equipment market;
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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 .
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