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SAN JOSE — The 90-day moving average orders at North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 5% year-over-year in August.

Manufacturers reported $1.75 billion in orders worldwide in August, SEMI said. Bookings were down 2.3% from the revised July level of $1.8 billion.

The three-month average worldwide billings were $1.71 billion, even with the revised July figure and up 8.4% from a year ago.

The book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, indicating a rising market. A book-to-bill of 1.03 means that $103 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

March 2016 

$1,197.6

$1,379.2

1.15

April 2016 

$1,460.2

$1,595.4

1.09

May 2016 

$1,601.5

$1,750.5

1.09

June 2016 

$1,715.2

$1,714.3

1.00

July 2016 (final)

$1,707.9

$1,795.4

1.05

August 2016 (prelim)

$1,708.1

$1,753.9

1.03

 

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