SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$7.46 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The billings figure is 32% higher than that in the fourth quarter of 2009 and 142% above the same quarter a year ago.
The data was gathered in cooperation with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 120 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were US$9.41 billion in the first quarter, according to SEMI. The figure showed a 484% jump compared to the bookings figure during the same quarter of 2009, and 28% above the prior fourth quarter.
| SEMI: Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings by region, 1Q10 (US$b) | |||||
| Region | 1Q10 | 4Q09 | 1Q09 | Q/Q | Y/Y |
| Taiwan | 2.24 | 1.95 | 0.29 | 15% | 674% |
| Korea | 1.90 | 1.14 | 0.28 | 66% | 572% |
| North America | 0.90 | 0.86 | 1.12 | 5% | (19%) |
| Japan | 0.87 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 49% | 10% |
| ROW | 0.81 | 0.57 | 0.13 | 42% | 509% |
| China | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 39% | 314% |
| Europe | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 20% | (14%) |
| Total | 7.46 | 5.67 | 3.08 | 32% | 142% |
Source: SEMI, compiled by Digitimes, June 2010
Article translated by Jessie Shen
