North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $3.92 billion in billings worldwide in December 2021 (three-month moving average basis), according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 0.5% lower than final November 2021 billings of $3.93 billion and 46.1% higher than December 2020 billings of $2.68 billion.
“After record-breaking billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers in November 2021, December billings remained robust and were the second-highest ever,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO. “For the first time, billings topped $3 billion every month of the year, nearing $4 billion by year end, demonstrating unprecedented demand and exceptional execution by equipment suppliers.”
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
|
|
July 2021
|
$3,857.4
|
49.8%
|
August 2021
|
$3,656.3
|
37.8%
|
September 2021
|
$3,718.2
|
35.5%
|
October 2021
|
$3,745.4
|
41.4%
|
November 2021 (final)
|
$3,935.3
|
50.7%
|
December 2021 (prelim)
|
$3,917.3
|
46.1%
|
Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), January 2022
SEMI publishes a monthly North American Billings report and issues the Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) report in collaboration with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ).