US DATA: SEMI said overnight that worldwide semiconductor
manufacturing equipment billings reached US$ 12.00 billion in the first
quarter of 2011. The billings figure is 1% percent higher than the
fourth quarter of 2010 and 61% higher than the same quarter a year ago.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings were US$ 11.08 billion in the
first quarter of 2011. The figure is 18% more than the same quarter a
year ago and 11% lower than the bookings figure for the fourth quarter
of 2010.