SAN JOSE – Preliminary December bookings at North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 33% year-over-year and reversed a four months of decline.

Makers of semi gear posted $1.52 billion in orders in December on a three-month average basis, up 7% sequentially, the trade group SEMI said.

The a book-to-bill ratio was 1.05, meaning $105 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed. The ratio hit its highest point since July, which was also the last time it closed above the 1.0 benchmark that signals a growing market.

Bookings have declined 7% quarter-over-quarter.

“The three-month average trends for North American semiconductor equipment bookings and billings diverged in December, with a slight decrease in billings and an uptick in bookings.” said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.

 

Billings

(Three-month avg.)

Bookings

(Three-month avg.)

Book-to-Bill

July 2006

1,637.9

1,734.6

1.06

August 2006

1,742.8

1,729.7

0.99

September 2006

1,672.8

1,639.2

0.98

October 2006

1,562.9

1,468.6

0.94

November 2006 (final)

1,486.1

1,426.5

0.96

December 2006 (prelim.)

1,450.1

1,520.0

1.05

SEMI releases the data monthly.

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