SEMI Reports Third Quarter 2010 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Figures; Billings US$11.1 Billion

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 13, 2010 –SEMI, the global industry association for companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world’s chip makers, today reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $11.12 billion in the third quarter of 2010. The billings figure is 22 percent higher than the second quarter of 2010 and 148 percent higher 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 US$12.39 billion in the third quarter of 2010. The figure is 113 percent more than the same quarter a year ago and 6 percent greater than the bookings figure for the second quarter of 2010.

The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region are as follows:

Source: SEMI/SEAJ December 2010

Note: Figures may not add due to rounding.

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Association Contacts

Deborah Geiger/SEMI
Phone: 408.943.7988
E-mail:

dgeiger@semi.org

Dan Tracy/SEMI
Phone: 408.943.7987
E-mail:

dtracy@semi.org

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