“Through the first half of the year, 2017 equipment billings are 50% above the same period last year,” says SEMI’s Dan Tracy, “while month-to-month growth is slowing, 2017 will be a remarkable growth year for the semiconductor capital equipment industry.”

2017 Billings and Y-o-Y increase
January $1,859.4 52.3%

February $1,974.0 63.9%

March $2,079.7 73.7%

April $2,136.4 46.3%

May 2017 $2,270.5 41.8%

June $2,288.9 33.4%