Q3 Semi Equipment Demand Plummets
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:
|
|
|
|
|
3Q11/2Q11 |
3Q11/3Q10 |
|
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.
