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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (6290)	6/16/2003 10:10:06 PM
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IC book-to-bill, capacity rates improve in May By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (06/16/03 09:04 p.m. EST) SAN JOSE, Calif. - While the book-to-bill ratio for semiconductor equipment is trending down (see today's story ), the market for ICs is improving in terms of demand and fab-utilization rates, according to VLSI Research Inc. After stalling in the February-to-March period, the rolling three-month book-to-bill average for ICs continued to improve, hitting 1.02 in May, according to the San Jose-based research firm. The rolling three-month book-to-bill ratio improved to 1.01 in April, from 0.96 in March, according to VLSI Research. Worldwide bookings were at $10.56 billion and billings were at $10.35 billion in May. Worldwide April bookings were at $10.424 billion and billings were at $10.294 billion, according to VLSI Research. Capacity utilization rate reached 87.9 percent for May and was above 90 percent for 130-nm and below. Capacity utilization reached 82.4 percent in April and was above 90 percent for 130-nm and below during that month.

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