SEMI reports Q2 2016 worldwide semiconductor equipment figures
San Jose, CA. SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.5 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The billings figure is 26% higher than the first quarter of 2016 and 11% higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 95 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $11.9 billion in the second quarter of 2016. The figure is 17% higher than the same quarter a year ago and 27% higher than the bookings figure for the first quarter of 2016.
The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars, quarter-over-quarter growth and year-over-year rates by region are as follows:
|
2Q2016 |
1Q2016 |
2Q2015 |
2Q16/1Q16 |
2Q16/2Q15 |
|
| Taiwan |
2.73 |
1.89 |
2.34 |
44% |
17% |
| China |
2.27 |
1.60 |
1.04 |
41% |
118% |
| Korea |
1.53 |
1.68 |
2.00 |
-9% |
-24% |
| Rest of World |
1.31 |
0.51 |
0.53 |
160% |
147% |
| North America |
1.20 |
1.01 |
1.55 |
19% |
-23% |
| Japan |
1.05 |
1.24 |
1.40 |
-15% |
-25% |
| Europe |
0.37 |
0.35 |
0.52 |
5% |
-29% |
| Total |
10.46 |
8.28 |
9.39 |
26% |
11% |
Source: SEMI/SEAJ
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