Q3 2013 semicon equipment billings $7.65 billion

SAN JOSE, USA: SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world's chip makers, reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $ 7.65 billion in the third quarter of 2013.

The billings figure is 1 percent higher than the second quarter of 2013 and 16 percent lower than the same quarter a year ago. The data is gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis.

Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were $8.95 billion in the third quarter of 2013. The figure is 33 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago and 2 percent lower than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2013.

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 given in the table.