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- Chip Recovery: It's For Real — Equipment orders confirm rebound
- Austin-Growing orders for semiconductor capital equipment seem to confirm a long-rumored turnaround in the overall semiconductor market. Reports last week by Applied Materials Inc. and Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International SEMI indicated that capital equipment orders are accelerating, although business generally remains at levels lower than a year ago....
- Research articles 1999-05-24
- SEMI Consensus Forecast Reflects Growing Optimism in Semiconductor Chip And Equipment Industry Recovery. Semiconductor Equipment Companies Expect Nine Percent Growth for 1999 - Industry Trend or Event
- Semiconductor equipment companies are showing increasing optimism about prospects for business during the remainder of 1999, according to the July 1999 edition of the SEMI Capital Equipment Consensus Forecast, released today by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI at SEMICON West 99. Survey respondents predict that the industry...
- Research articles 1999-07-19
- North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry posts May 1997 book-to-bill ratio of 1.09; Steady recovery continues as both orders and shipments increase
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 17, 1997--The North American semiconductor equipment industry posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.09 for May 1997, compared with the revised ratio of 1.10 for April 1997, it was reported by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.10 means $110 in...
- Research articles 1997-06-17
- Semiconductor Equipment Sales Continue to Climb
- Book-to-bill ratio figures from the semiconductor industry continue to show a recovery from last year's slump. New orders for equipment in North America in April grew 18% to $1.3bn, up from $1.1bn in the same month last year, according to figures from SEMI, the Semiconductor Equipment...
- Research articles 1999-05-21
- Taiwan Quake Slows Down Growth in Semiconductor Equipment
- The Taiwan earthquake in September slowed down recovery in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, according to trade association SEMI - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The association reported a book-to-bill ratio for September of 1.08, meaning that $108 in orders was received for each $100 worth of orders shipped. The...
- Research articles 1999-10-25
- Semiconductor Equipment Makers Say Business is Recovering
- Bookings for North American semiconductor equipment makers rose 14% worldwide in March, reflecting continued recovery in the chip market, according to trade association Semiconducter Equipment and Materials International. Bookings of $1.15bn were recorded during the month, said SEMI. The book-to-bill ratio was 1.30, meaning that...
- Research articles 1999-04-23
- '99 Gear Recovery Gains Believers
- tokyo -- Recovery of the global semiconductor equipment and materials industry will begin in 1999, according to analysts and executives polled by Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International SEMI prior to the annual Semicon/Japan trade show. More than 100 fund managers and institutional investors attended SEMInvest Japan '98, organized by...
- Research articles 1998-12-07
- Semiconductor market.(EconomicOutlook)(Brief Article)
- Semiconductor market: Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI reports that North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $720 million in orders in June 2003 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.93. SEMI also says that the bookings level stabilized, and that higher chip production...
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- Adapting to change key to surviving downturn - Special Section: Wafer Processing - semiconductor industry forecasts
- After a very difficult 2001, when the semiconductor equipment market declined nearly 40 percent, 2002 will be a year of modest, but sustained, recovery. Equipment sales are driven by device sales, and worldwide sales of IC devices appeared to bottom out in Q3 and Q4 of 2001, and are...
- Research articles 2002-07-22
- Global equipment orders up: stats improve, but suppliers worry if it's real growth - News
- Are all the positive order bookings numbers from equipment suppliers indicative of a true recovery, or merely a reflection of chip inventory corrections? Market data from equipment and materials suppliers show some definite, if small, signs of industry growth. Following an earnings season punctuated by increased bookings across the...
- Research articles 2002-05-27
- Semi sees recovery in North American market
- The North American semiconductor equipment industry is on the way back up, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI. SEMI reported a bill-to-book ratio of 1.10 for January 1999. A ratio of 1.10 means that $110 in orders were received for $100 of products shipped....
- Research articles 1999-02-22
- MPU May Lead Industry Out Of 'Darkest Valley'
- SAN JOSE, CA.--NationsBanc Montgomery Securities analysts Jonathan Joseph and Brett Hodess delivered a sobering note to semiconductor equipment executives at the recent Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI 25th annual awards dinner.Mr. Joseph, senior managing director and senior research analyst at the investment banking house, said the semiconductor industry should...
- Research articles 1998-09-28
- Semicon/West '99 Unfolds in July
- Mountain View, Calif.-The Big Show is just two months away. Semicon/West '99 is scheduled for July 12-16 in San Francisco and San Jose. In an indication of the continuing recovery in the semiconductor business, Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International SEMI reports all exhibit space in both cities is fully...
- Research articles 1999-05-10
- Usual, Maybe Not?
- USUAL, MAYBE NOT?--The recent run-up in the stock prices of semiconductor equipment companies is a case of reality disconnect, according to analyst Robert Maire of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Since a recovery in the equipment industry usually lags about six months behind that of the chip industry, he doesn't expect...
- Research articles 1998-11-23
- Tech, MEMS, highlight Europa - News - Semicon Europa trade show
- The industry may be recovering, but it looks to be a slow recovery, with capacity buys still several quarters away. As a result, technology and acquisitions will likely be on people's minds at this year's Semicon Europa. If the product announcements coming out in advance of the annual European...
- Research articles 2002-04-15
- Recovery Predictions Now Look Toward 2003 - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International's second annual Microelectronic Materials Strategy Symposium
- Recent events detrimental to outlook
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Semi Gear Sales Surge
- Mountain View, Calif.--In a hopeful sign that health is returning to the chip industry, Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International SEMI last week reported that its monthly book-to-bill ratio for North American capital equipment vendors jumped to 0.73 in October, from 0.56 in September, as bookings leaped 31 percent from September...
- Research articles 1998-11-23
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