North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $3.14 billion in billings worldwide in February 2021 (three-month average basis), logging a record high for the second consecutive month, according to the February Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published by SEMI.
The billings figure is 3.2% higher than the final January 2021 billings of $3.04 billion and is 32% higher than the February 2020 billings level of $2.37 billion.
“February billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers once again exceeded $3 billion, powered by robust secular semiconductor demand across diverse end-use markets,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO. “The digitization of industries worldwide continues to drive rising investments in semiconductor equipment.”
The SEMI Billings report uses three-month moving averages of worldwide billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
Billings (3-mo. Avg.) |
Year-Over-Year | |
September 2020
|
$2,743.3 | 40% |
October 2020
|
$2,648.2 | 27.3% |
November 2020
|
$2,611.6 | 23.1% |
December 2020
|
$2,680.8 | 7.6% |
January 2021 (final)
|
$3,038.2 | 29.8% |
February 2021 (prelim)
|
$3,135 | 32% |
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), March 2021