Semi Equipment Billings Plunged in Q2
MILPITAS, CA — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings in the second quarter fell 20% from a year ago to $13.3 billion, the SEMI trade group said today.
Sales were down 3% from the previous quarter.
The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of US dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:
|
2Q2019 |
1Q2019 |
2Q2018 |
2Q19/1Q19 |
2Q19/2Q18 |
|
|
China |
3.36 |
2.36 |
3.79 |
43% |
-11% |
|
Taiwan |
3.21 |
3.81 |
2.19 |
-16% |
47% |
|
Korea |
2.58 |
2.89 |
4.86 |
-11% |
-47% |
|
North America |
1.70 |
1.67 |
1.47 |
2% |
15% |
|
Japan |
1.38 |
1.55 |
2.28 |
-11% |
-39% |
|
Europe |
0.57 |
0.84 |
1.18 |
-32% |
-52% |
|
Rest of World |
0.51 |
0.67 |
0.96 |
-24% |
-47% |
|
Total |
13.31 |
13.79 |
16.74 |
-3% |
-20% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ
