Semi Equipment Orders Down Again in Q2
SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings in the second quarter fell 10% from last year, according to the latest survey of OEMs.
For the period ended June 30, bookings were $9.70 billion, down 4% from the first quarter. Billings fell to $10.34 billion in the second quarter, down 4% sequentially and down 13% year-over-year, SEMI said.
The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region:
|
|
|
|
|
2Q12/1Q12 |
2Q12/2Q11 |
|
|
Taiwan |
3.25 |
1.77 |
2.76 |
83% |
18% |
|
|
Korea |
2.59 |
3.32 |
2.17 |
-22% |
19% |
|
|
North America |
1.96 |
2.28* |
2.21 |
-14% |
-11% |
|
|
Japan |
0.77 |
1.29 |
1.48 |
-40% |
-48% |
|
|
Europe |
0.52 |
0.82 |
1.18 |
-37% |
-56% |
|
|
China |
0.63 |
0.72 |
1.13 |
-12% |
-44% |
|
|
ROW |
0.61 |
0.52 |
0.99 |
17% |
-38% |
|
|
Total |
10.34 |
10.73 |
11.92 |
-4% |
-13% |
|
