In-Stat/MDR Is Looking To 18.1 Percent Growth In The World Semiconductor Market Next Year
SEMI's North American semiconductor equipment book-to-bill ratio came in at a gloomy 0.84 in September (preliminary). The final figure for August was 1.02. The bookings were 34% above the same period last year at $823mn. Billings were 2.5% up at $985mn.
"Announcements of lower bookings previously reported by semiconductor capital equipment manufacturers are now being reflected in the SEMI Express Report data," comments Stanley Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.
Market research company VLSI Research puts the worldwide book-to-bill ratio for semiconductor equipment at 0.90 in September. This is based on revenues of $2.92bn ($1.72bn wafer processing, $0.65bn test, $0.20bn assembly and $0.34bn service/spares) and bookings of $2.60bn. The company reported a figure of 0.92 in August.
For IC production September's book-to-bill was 0.91, based on bookings of $9.52bn and billings of $10.51bn.
