SAN JOSE – Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.8 billion in the first quarter, SEMI today reported. This is 4% higher than the fourth quarter of 2006 and about 12% above the same quarter last year.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $10.5 billion in the first quarter, 6% above last year and down 5% sequentially.

The April book-to-bill ratio was 1.00.