Fab tool book-to-bill falls to 0.10, says VLSI

[Idontcare]

How bad is the semiconductor equipment market? The worldwide fab tool book-to-bill hit a staggering 0.10 ratio in January, its lowest point in recent memory, according to VLSI Research Inc.

This is one of the lowest book-to-bill numbers since the last major downturn in 2001, said Risto Puhakka, president of VLSI Research (Santa Clara, Calif.).

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Book to bill of just 0.10!? :shocked: Freaken ghost town out there. This is just dreadful.

 

[Jabbernyx]

Well, Novellus did loose a ton of money last year (IIRC some $100 million last quarter alone).
Haven't looked at Applied Materials, Lam, etc.

 

[Phynaz]

Intel must be the only company buying tooling.