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
(3-mo. avg)

Bookings
(3-mo. avg)

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.

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