North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts July 2007 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.84

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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts July 2007 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.84
    SAN JOSE, Calif., August 16 /PRNewswire/ -- North American-based
manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.44 billion in orders in
July 2007 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.84
according to the July 2007 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A
book-to-bill of 0.84 means that $84 worth of orders were received for every
$100 of product billed for the month.
    The three-month average of worldwide bookings in July 2007 was $1.44
billion. The bookings figure is down 10 percent from the final June 2007
level of $1.61 billion and 17 percent less than the $1.73 billion in orders
posted in July 2006.
    The three-month average of worldwide billings in July 2007 was $1.71
billion. The billings figure down three percent from the final June 2007
level of $1.77 billion and four percent higher than the July 2006 billings
level of $1.64 billion.
    "The declining book-to-bill ratio is based on lower order levels for
new semiconductor manufacturing equipment," said Stanley T. Myers,
president and CEO of SEMI. "Orders have slowed from the strong levels
observed in the first part of this year and are at levels last seen in
November of 2006."
    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
    February 2007         1,423.0            1,398.1           0.98
    March 2007            1,436.4            1,419.6           0.99
    April 2007            1,594.7            1,567.5           0.98
    May 2007              1,670.2            1,641.9           0.98
    June 2007 (final)     1,768.1            1,607.6           0.91
    July 2007 (prelim.)   1,707.0            1,440.0           0.84

    Source: SEMI August 2007
    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
httpa://www.semi.org.
    Independently from SEMI, The Semiconductor Equipment Association of
Japan (SEAJ) releases its July 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
http://www.semi.org
CONTACT:
Dan Tracy, +1-408-943-7987, dtracy@semi.org,
or Jonathan Davis, +1-408-943-6937, jdavis@semi.org, both of SEMI