Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings at $9.52B in Q1

SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world’s chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.52 billion in the first quarter of 2015. The billings figure is 7 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2014 and 6 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 $9.66 billion in the first quarter of 2015. The figure is 2 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago and 3 percent lower than the bookings figure for the fourth quarter of 2014.

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