Global Semiconductor equipment billings up 51% YoY in 1Q21
Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 51% year-over-year and 21% from the prior quarter to USD 23.6 billion, SEMI reports.
Following are quarterly billings data in billions of U.S. dollars with quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year change by region:
| Region | 1Q2021 | 4Q2020 | 1Q2020 | 1Q2021/4Q2020 | 1Q2021/1Q2020 |
| Korea | 7.31 | 4.02 | 3.36 | 82% | 118% |
| China | 5.96 | 5.02 | 3.50 | 19% | 70% |
| Taiwan | 5.71 | 4.87 | 4.02 | 17% | 42% |
| Japan | 1.66 | 1.93 | 1.68 | -14% | -1% |
| North America | 1.34 | 1.58 | 1.93 | -15% | -30% |
| Rest of World | 1.02 | 1.08 | 0.44 | -6% | 130% |
| Europe | 0.58 | 0.96 | 0.64 | -39% | -9% |
| Total | 23.57 | 19.46 | 15.57 | 21% | 51% |
