Friday, December 17, 2010
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.51 billion in orders in November and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.96, down from 0.98 in October, according to the SEMI trade group.
A book-to-bill of 0.96 means that $96 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
The three-month average of worldwide bookings in November was $1.51 billion, down 5 percent from October and up 91 percent from November 2009, SEMI said.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in November was $1.57 billion, SEMI said, down 3 percent from October and up 111 percent compared to November 2009.
"Following a historic growth period and 18 months of sequential growth, and in accordance with seasonal trends, sales of semiconductor equipment eased in November,¡± said Stanley Myers, president and CEO of SEMI, in a statement. "This tracks the bookings trend which peaked in July.¡±
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
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