TECHNOLOGY - Jan. 11, 1995
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
December Book-to-Bill Ratio Rises: The Semiconductor Industry Assn. ratio, a closely watched measure of the health of chip market health, rose to 1.05 from a revised 1.00 in November. A book-to-bill ratio of 1.05 indicates that for every $100 worth of products shipped, semiconductor companies took in $105 in new orders. A ratio of more than 1.00 indicates that the market is expanding. Analysts had expected a ratio of between 1.00 and 1.03. November’s ratio was revised up from 0.99.
