MILPITAS, CA—SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing supply chain, today reported that third quarter 2018 worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings dropped 5 percent from the previous quarter to US$15.8 billion but are 11 percent 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:
|
|
3Q2018
|
2Q2018
|
3Q2017
|
3Q18/2Q18
(Qtr-over-Qtr) |
3Q18/3Q17
(Year-over-Year) |
|
China
|
3.98
|
3.79
|
1.93
|
5%
|
106%
|
|
Korea
|
3.45
|
4.86
|
4.99
|
-29%
|
-31%
|
|
Taiwan
|
2.90
|
2.19
|
2.37
|
33%
|
23%
|
|
Japan
|
2.41
|
2.28
|
1.73
|
6%
|
40%
|
|
North America
|
1.27
|
1.47
|
1.50
|
-14%
|
-15%
|
|
Rest of World
|
0.98
|
0.96
|
0.74
|
2%
|
32%
|
|
Europe
|
0.85
|
1.18
|
1.06
|
-29%
|
-20%
|
|
Total
|
15.84
|
16.74
|
14.33
|
-5%
|
11%
|
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and SEAJ, December 2018