Global semiconductor equipment billings increased a robust 38% year-over-year to US$26.8 billion in the third quarter of 2021, an 8% rise from the prior quarter to register their fifth consecutive quarter-over-quarter record high, SEMI announced today in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report.
“Strong secular demand for chips across a wide range of markets including communications, computing, healthcare, online services and automotive has fueled this tremendous run of record quarterly growth for semiconductor equipment,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO. “The semiconductor industry has demonstrated great resiliency in the face of disruptive global challenges including the chip shortage and ongoing pandemic.”
Compiled from data submitted by members of SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), the Worldwide SEMS Report is a summary of the monthly billings figures for the global semiconductor equipment industry.
Following are quarterly billings data in billions of U.S. dollars with quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year changes by region:
|
Region
|
3Q2021
|
2Q2021
|
3Q2020
|
3Q2021/2Q2021
|
3Q2021/3Q2020
|
|
Taiwan
|
7.33
|
5.04
|
4.75
|
45%
|
54%
|
|
China
|
7.27
|
8.22
|
5.62
|
-12%
|
29%
|
|
Korea
|
5.58
|
6.62
|
4.22
|
-16%
|
32%
|
|
North America
|
2.29
|
1.68
|
1.37
|
36%
|
67%
|
|
Japan
|
2.11
|
1.77
|
2.24
|
19%
|
-6%
|
|
Rest of World
|
1.35
|
0.84
|
0.60
|
62%
|
126%
|
|
Europe
|
0.87
|
0.71
|
0.58
|
22%
|
50%
|
|
Total
|
26.79
|
24.87
|
19.38
|
8%
|
38%
|
Sources: SEMI (www.semi.org) and SEAJ (www.seaj.or.jp), December 2021
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