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SAN JOSE — North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers reported the 90-day moving average orders rose 13.1% worldwide in May.

The 90-day average worldwide bookings in May was $1.75 billion, up 9.6% from the revised April level.

Bookings hit their highest mark since August 2010.

Billings were up 2.6% year-over-year and 9.6% from April to $1.6 billion. Billings last topped $1.6 billion in June 2011.

The book-to-bill ratio was flat at 1.09, but well above the 1.0 mark indicating future growth. A book-to-bill of 1.09 means that $109 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. 

 

Billings
(3-mo. avg)

Bookings
(3-mo. avg)

Book-to-Bill

December 2015

$1,349.9

$1,343.5

1.00

January 2016

$1,221.2

$1,310.9

1.07

February 2016

$1,204.4

$1,262.0

1.05

March 2016

$1,197.6

$1,379.2

1.15

April 2016 (final)

$1,460.2

$1,595.4

1.09

May 2016 (prelim)

$1,601.1

$1,749.3

1.09

 

Source: SEMI, June 2016

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