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SEMI : Global Semiconductor Equipment Market Slumps 15 Percent
SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 9.06 billion in the third quarter of 2012.
The billings figure is 12 percent lower than the second quarter of 2012 and 15 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago.
The data is gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $6.71 billion in the third quarter of 2012. The figure is 12 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago and 31 percent lower than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2012.
