Semi Equipment Demand on Rise in Sept.
SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the three-month moving average orders rose 35% over a year ago in September.
Reporting companies had an aggregate $1.60 billion in orders worldwide for the period, SEMI added, down 4.1% from the final August figures.
The three-month average worldwide billings was $1.50 billion, down 4.6% from the revised August level up 19.7% from September 2014 billings level.
The book-to-bill ratio of 1.07, meaning $107 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. A ratio over 1.0 is considered an indicator of near-term growth.
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 |
Bookings |
Book-to-Bill |
|
April 2015 |
$1,515.3 |
$1,573.7 |
1.04 |
|
May 2015 |
$1,557.3 |
$1,546.2 |
0.99 |
|
June 2015 |
$1,554.9 |
$1,517.4 |
0.98 |
|
July 2015 |
$1,556.2 |
$1,587.3 |
1.02 |
|
August 2015 (final) |
$1,575.9 |
$1,670.1 |
1.06 |
|
September 2015 (prelim) |
$1,503.9 |
$1,602.3 |
1.07 |
Source: SEMI, October 2015.
Billings and bookings figures are in millions of US.dollars.
