SEMI posts February Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.87

The three-month average of worldwide bookings in February 2011 was USD 1.58 billion. The bookings figure is 4.7% more than the final January 2011 level of USD 1.51 billion, and is 26.7% above the USD 1.25 billion in orders posted in February 2010. The three-month average of worldwide billings in February 2011 was USD 1.83 billion. The billings figure is 2.3% more than the final January 2011 level of USD 1.79 billion, and is 79.8% more than the February 2010 billings level of USD 1.02 billion. "Billings increased for the third month in a row, while bookings improved over 4%t from the figure reported in January," said Dan Tracy, senior director of Industry Research & Statistics. "February bookings are over 25% higher than the bookings reported one year ago." The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars. © SEMI