Thanks to KatherineD who posted this on the Blood thread:
North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts July 1998 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.69
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 18, 1998 -- The North American semiconductor equipment industry posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.69 for July 1998, it was reported by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). A book-to-bill of 0.69 means $69 in orders were received for each $100 worth of products shipped.
Three-month average shipments in July 1998 were $1.1 billion. The figure is 11 percent below the June 1998 level, and is 15 percent below the July 1997 level. Three-month average bookings decreased in July 1998 to $757 million. The bookings figure is 19 percent below the June 1998 level, and 47 percent below the July 1997 level.
"The July data confirms a continuation of the softening of equipment orders," said Dick Greene, principal analyst with SEMI. "As has been the case since this downturn began, surplus semiconductor production capacity and the Asian economic situation continue to dampen both the chip and the equipment industries."
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving average bookings to three-month moving average shipments. Shipments and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
MonthShipmentsBookingsBook-to-BillFebruary 981,369.11,233.50.90March 98 1,370.31,123.10.82April 98 1,416.31,102.10.78May 98 (final)1,360.81,107.10.81June 98 (revised)1,235.2932.80.76July 98 (preliminary)1,104.8757.30.69
The data contained in this release was compiled by the independent public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP, without audit, from data submitted directly by the participants. SEMI and Arthur Andersen LLP can assume no responsibility for the accuracy of the underlying data.
The data are contained in a monthly Express Report published by SEMI that tracks shipments and orders for equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices, not shipments and orders of the chips themselves.
Based in Mountain View, Calif., SEMI is an international trade association serving more than 2,200 companies participating in the $65 billion semiconductor and flat panel display equipment and materials markets. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Visit SEMI OnLine at www.semi.org. |
