JMKel, the link you provided does not work. You are talking about SIA, yet the link is for <A HREF="http://www.semi.org/" target="_new">http://www.semi.org/</A> which is the organization of semi equipment makers. Their monthly report is in the 'press room' at the above link. A 7 year chart of their data is here <A HREF="http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=697315" target="_new">http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=697315</A> The semi equipment btb for December was 0.98 The SIA site is here <A HREF="http://www.semichips.org/home.cfm" target="_new">http://www.semichips.org/home.cfm</A> and they will report world wide chip sales [but no btb] next week, probably. Gottfried Here's the chart with semi equipment data again <img src=http://home.attbi.com/~gottfriedm/SEMIcharts/eqporders.gif >