US chip fabrication equipment sales rise in May
Wednesday 20th June 2007, 10:10:00 PM, written by Farid
Semiconductor equipment and materials supplier organisation, SEMI, announced yesterday that orders for semiconductor equipment rose in May --about six percent greater than April and three percent better than May of last year.
With orders towering at $1.67 billion, and billings averaging at the exact same amount for a 1.00 Book-to-Bill ratio, the month of May was the best month for this industry in 2007.
With orders towering at $1.67 billion, and billings averaging at the exact same amount for a 1.00 Book-to-Bill ratio, the month of May was the best month for this industry in 2007.
|
Billings (Three-month avg.) |
Bookings (Three-month avg.) |
Book-to-Bill |
|
|
December 2006 |
1,482.3 |
1,497.2 |
1.01 |
|
January 2007 |
1,448.0 |
1,445.8 |
1.00 |
|
February 2007 |
1,423.0 |
1,398.1 |
0.98 |
|
March 2007 |
1,436.4 |
1,419.6 |
0.99 |
|
April 2007 (final) |
1,594.7 |
1,567.5 |
0.98 |
|
May 2007 (prelim.) |
1,671.2 |
1,667.1 |
1.00 |
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