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SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings plummeted 38% year-over-year in the third quarter as slower end-product demand and rising inventories took their toll.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $7.6 billion, down 29% from second quarter.

Billings fell 5% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $10.6 billion, said SEMI, which collects the data jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies.

Semiconductor equipment demand is considered a leading indicator of future semiconductor and printed circuit board sales.

The quarterly billings data by region in millions of US dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region:


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.

 

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