March 17 (Reuters) - North American semiconductor equipment makers reported $1.58 billion in average worldwide bookings in February, up 4.7 percent from January, and billings rose for the third month in a row.
'February bookings are over 25 percent higher than the bookings reported one year ago,' said Dan Tracy, senior director of Industry Research & Statistics of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).
Book-to-bill ratio in February was 0.87, which means that $87 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
U.S. chip equipment makers include Applied Materials Inc , the world's biggest testing tools firm; KLA Tencor Corp; circuitry-etching tools maker Lam Research Corp ; and Novellus Systems Inc, which specializes in preparing the surface of a silicon wafer before the etching of circuits.
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North America-based chip-equipment makers.
The data contained in the report was compiled by David Powell Inc, an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted directly by the participants.
Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Billings Bookings Book-to-Bill
(3-month avg) (3-month avg) September 2010 1,610.9 1,651.2 1.03 October 2010 1,623.3 1,593.7 0.98 November 2010 1,567.3 1,512.6 0.97 December 2010 1,760.1 1,580.2 0.90 January 2010 1,786.9 1,513.9 0.85 February 2010 1,872.2 1,584.9 0.87 (prelim)
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Anil D'Silva) Keywords: SEMI/ (supantha.mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com)(within U.S.+1 646223 8780)(outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800)(Reuters Messaging: supantha.mukherjee.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'February bookings are over 25 percent higher than the bookings reported one year ago,' said Dan Tracy, senior director of Industry Research & Statistics of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).
Book-to-bill ratio in February was 0.87, which means that $87 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
U.S. chip equipment makers include Applied Materials Inc , the world's biggest testing tools firm; KLA Tencor Corp; circuitry-etching tools maker Lam Research Corp ; and Novellus Systems Inc, which specializes in preparing the surface of a silicon wafer before the etching of circuits.
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North America-based chip-equipment makers.
The data contained in the report was compiled by David Powell Inc, an independent financial services firm, without audit, from data submitted directly by the participants.
Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Billings Bookings Book-to-Bill
(3-month avg) (3-month avg) September 2010 1,610.9 1,651.2 1.03 October 2010 1,623.3 1,593.7 0.98 November 2010 1,567.3 1,512.6 0.97 December 2010 1,760.1 1,580.2 0.90 January 2010 1,786.9 1,513.9 0.85 February 2010 1,872.2 1,584.9 0.87 (prelim)
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Anil D'Silva) Keywords: SEMI/ (supantha.mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com)(within U.S.+1 646223 8780)(outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800)(Reuters Messaging: supantha.mukherjee.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.