| Semi Equipment Orders Down Again in Q2 |
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| Written by Mike Buetow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday, 17 September 2012 10:45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SAN JOSE — Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings in the second quarter fell 10% from last year, according to the latest survey of OEMs. For the period ended June 30, bookings were $9.70 billion, down 4% from the first quarter. Billings fell to $10.34 billion in the second quarter, down 4% sequentially and down 13% year-over-year, SEMI said. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from over 100 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis. The quarterly billings data by region in millions of U.S. dollars, year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter growth rates by region:
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