all SEMI/SIA/PRICE charts have been updated with December data [Price to January] <A HREF="http://home.comcast.net/~gottfriedm/index.html" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~gottfriedm/index.html</A> There are two charts I'll discontinue because of limited usefulness [see url above] Equipment spending as a percentage of chip sales still near 11 year low [but recall that chip sales are ww and equipment sales only by N.A. companies] <img src=http://home.comcast.net/~gottfriedm/SEMIcharts/billingsratio.gif>