SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 8, 2010 – SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world’s chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $7.46 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The billings figure is 32% percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2009 and 142% higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered in jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 120 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were US$9.41 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The figure is 484% more than the same quarter a year ago and 28% greater than the bookings figure for the fourth quarter of 2009.
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
|
1Q 2010
|
4Q 2009
|
1Q 2009
|
1Q10/4Q09
(Q-o-Q) |
1Q10/1Q09
(Y-o-Y) |
|
Taiwan |
2.24 |
1.95 |
0.29 |
15% |
674% |
|
Korea |
1.90 |
1.14 |
0.28 |
66% |
572% |
|
North America |
0.90 |
0.86 |
1.12 |
5% |
-19% |
|
Japan |
0.87 |
0.58 |
0.79 |
49% |
10% |
|
ROW |
0.81 |
0.57 |
0.13 |
42% |
509% |
|
China |
0.42 |
0.30 |
0.10 |
39% |
314% |
|
Europe |
0.31 |
0.26 |
0.36 |
20% |
-14% |
|
Total |
7.46 |
5.67 |
3.08 |
32% |
142% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ June 2010
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding |
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