SEMI Reports First Quarter 2013 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Figures; Billings US$ 7.31 Billion
SAN JOSE, Calif. â June 11, 2013 â SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the worldâs chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 7.31 billion in the first quarter of 2013. The billings figure is 8 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2012 and 32 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 $7.78 billion in the first quarter of 2013. The figure is 23 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago and 14 percent higher than the bookings figure for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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 follows:
| Region | 1Q2013 | 4Q2012 | 1Q2012 | 1Q13/4Q12 (Q-o-Q) | 1Q13/1Q12 (Y-o-Y) |
| Taiwan | 2.83 | 2.17 | 1.77 | 31% | 60% |
| North America | 1.53 | 1.94 | 2.28 | -21% | -33% |
| Korea | 0.86 | 0.80 | 3.32 | 8% | -74% |
| Japan | 0.71 | 0.51 | 1.29 | 40% | -45% |
| China | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0.72 | 42% | -23% |
| ROW | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 | -6% | -14% |
| Europe | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.82 | -26% | -54% |
| Total | 7.31 | 6.79 | 10.73 | 8% | -32% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ June 2013
Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.
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