SEMI: Q3 2013 equipment billings rise
SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 7.65 billion in the third quarter of 2013.
The billings figure is one percent higher than the second quarter of 2013 and sixteen 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 $8.95 billion in the third quarter of 2013. The figure is 33 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago and 2 percent lower than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2013.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as shown in the table below.