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To: TideGlider who wrote (10107)	11/19/1997 9:54:00 PM
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Chip Book-To-Bill Slips (11/19/97; 12:50 p.m. EST) By Semiconductor Business News The North American semiconductor equipment industry posted a preliminary book-to-bill ratio of 1.06 for October 1997, reported Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) on Wednesday. Three-month average shipments declined slightly in October 1997 to $1.5 billion. The figure is 5 percent below the September 1997 level, but 44 percent above the October 1996 level. Three-month average bookings decreased in October 1997 to $1.6 billion. The bookings figure declined 8 percent below the September 1997 level, but is 97 percent above the October 1996 level. The revised book-to-bill for September was put at 1.09; the final number for August was 1.10. "It is not unusual for shipments and bookings to slow a bit in the fourth quarter," said Dick Greene, principal analyst with SEMI. "What is important is that current order levels for front-end equipment have nearly doubled in the past 12 months."