Date: 22/12/2011

Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 10.6B in 3Q11

SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 10.6 billion in the third quarter of 2011. The billings figure is 11 percent lower than the second quarter of 2011 and 5 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were US$ 7.6 billion in the third quarter of 2011. The figure is 38 percent less than the same quarter a year ago and 29 percent lower than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2011.

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


3Q2011


2Q 2011


3Q2010

3Q11/2Q11
(Q-o-Q)

3Q11/3Q10
(Y-o-Y)

Korea

2.27

2.17

2.62

4%

-13%

North America

2.11

2.21

1.53

-4%

38%

Japan

1.74

1.48

1.24

18%

40%

Taiwan

1.49

2.76

3.03

-46%

-51%

ROW

1.04

0.99

1.02

5%

2%

Europe

1.02

1.18

0.62

-13%

66%

China

0.94

1.13

1.13

-17%

-17%

Total

10.61

11.92

11.19

-11%

-5%



Source: SEMI/SEAJ December 2011

Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.