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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (7347)	9/29/2003 9:42:39 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

SEAJ's August chip equipment markets mixed, report shows By Peter Clarke Silicon Strategies 09/29/2003, 7:46 AM ET TOKYO -- Global orders for Japanese chip making equipment rose 69 percent year-on-year in August to 102.07 billion yen (about US$910 million) and the book-to-bill ratio was 1.24, according to a Dow Jones report Monday (September 29, 2003) which cited the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) as its source. The global orders figure was up by 3.5 percent compared with July (see August 27 story). "Demand from Japanese chip makers remained solid, while demand from makers in other Asian nations also picked up. Demand for testing equipment was particularly brisk in that month," an un-named SEAJ official was quoted as saying. Worldwide sales of Japanese-made semiconductor production equipment grew 27 percent year-on-year in August to 77.34 billion yen (about US$692 million), the report said, but the sales were flat compared with July. As a result the book-to-bill ratio for Japanese equipment, computed as a three-month moving average, fell to 1.24 in August from 1.40 in July, the report said. And although domestic sales of chip-making equipment made by both Japanese and foreign companies surged 78 percent on year in the month to 52.18 billion yen (about US$467 million) it was 17.6 percent down from the like figure in July. Domestic orders for chip-making equipment made by both Japanese and foreign companies in August jumped 50 percent from a year ago to 46.66 billion yen (about US$418 million), the report said.