Worldwide semiconductor equipment billings in 1Q 2018 reach record $17.0 billion

June 4, 2018

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Milpitas, CA. SEMI today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached a historic quarterly high of $17.0 billion for the first quarter of 2018, surging 59% in March to end the quarter with an all-time monthly high of $7.8 billion.

The $17.0 billion in quarterly billings shatters the previous record set in the fourth quarter of 2017. First quarter 2018 billings are 12% higher than the previous quarter and 30% higher than the same quarter a year ago. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 95 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.

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:

	1Q2018	4Q2017	1Q2017	1Q18/4Q17 (Qtr-over-Qtr)	1Q18/1Q17 (Year-over-Year)
Korea	6.26	4.64	3.53	35%	78%
China	2.64	1.77	2.01	49%	31%
Taiwan	2.27	2.89	3.48	-22%	-35%
Japan	2.13	1.96	1.25	9%	70%
Europe	1.28	1.04	0.92	23%	39%
Rest of World	1.27	1.22	0.63	4%	103%
North America	1.14	1.58	1.27	-28%	-10%
Total	16.99	15.10	13.08	12%	30%

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and SEAJ, June 2018

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