Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information

Segment Information

16. Segment Information

        The Company has one operating segment, mixed-signal analog intensive ICs, consisting of numerous product areas. The Company's chief operating decision maker is considered to be its Chief Executive Officer. The chief operating decision maker allocates resources and assesses performance of the business and other activities at the operating segment level.

        Revenue is attributed to a geographic area based on the shipped-to location. The following summarizes the Company's revenue by geographic area (in thousands):

	Year Ended
	December 31, 2011		January 1, 2011		January 2, 2010
United States	$	67,432	$	69,753	$	54,065
China		152,533		137,703		105,509
South Korea		70,252		65,409		91,974
Taiwan		59,208		76,991		68,320
Japan		50,270		34,031		28,874
Rest of world		91,930		109,454		92,278
Total	$	491,625	$	493,341	$	441,020

        The following summarizes the Company's property and equipment, net by geographic area (in thousands):

	December 31, 2011		January 1, 2011
United States	$	17,293	$	20,559
Singapore		6,220		8,017
Rest of world		1,628		1,369
Total	$	25,141	$	29,945