North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.68 billion in billings worldwide in December 2020 (three-month average basis), according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published by SEMI.
The billings figure is 2.6% higher than the final November 2020 billings of $2.61 billion and is 7.6% higher than the December 2019 billings level of $2.5 billion.
“December billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers grew to finish this challenging year with annual billings that surpassed the previous industry high set in 2018,” said Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO. “The record high demonstrates the semiconductor industry's central role in enabling the digital transformation throughout the pandemic.”
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 2020
|
$2,575.3 | 26.7% |
August 2020
|
$2,653.3 | 32.5% |
September 2020
|
$2,743.3 | 40.0% |
October 2020
|
$2,648.2
|
27.3% |
November 2020 (final)
|
$2,611.6
|
23.1% |
December 2020 (prelim)
|
$2,680.8 | 7.6% |