Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure [Abstract]

Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure [TextBlock]

NOTE H– Segment Information and Enterprise-Wide Disclosure

For financial reporting purposes, the Company operates in a single segment, standard semiconductor products, through the Company's various manufacturing and distribution facilities. The Company aggregatesits products because the products are similar and have similar economic characteristics, and the products are similar in production process and share the same customer type.

The Company's primary operations include the domestic operations in Asia, North America and Europe.

Revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on the location of subsidiaries producing the revenues (in thousands):

Three Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2012
Total sales	$	149,695	$	36,100	$	36,462	$	222,257
Inter-company sales		(17,312)		(18,579)		(19,749)		(55,640)
Net sales	$	132,383	$	17,521	$	16,713	$	166,617
Three Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2011
Total sales	$	145,562	$	34,559	$	47,155	$	227,276
Inter-company sales		(25,674)		(15,111)		(25,914)		(66,699)
Net sales	$	119,888	$	19,448	$	21,241	$	160,577
As Of And For The Nine Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2012
Total sales	$	422,765	$	101,902	$	120,913	$	645,580
Inter-company sales		(57,364)		(49,624)		(68,073)		(175,061)
Net sales	$	365,401	$	52,278	$	52,840	$	470,519
Property, plant and equipment	$	190,408	$	29,773	$	26,397	$	246,578
Total assets	$	561,004	$	133,192	$	228,971	$	923,167
As Of And For The Nine Months Ended		Asia		North America		Europe		Consolidated
September 30, 2011
Total sales	$	427,132	$	107,156	$	157,628	$	691,916
Inter-company sales		(64,251)		(46,321)		(89,406)		(199,978)
Net sales	$	362,881	$	60,835	$	68,222	$	491,938
Property, plant and equipment	$	167,413	$	33,562	$	30,888	$	231,863
Total assets	$	485,448	$	96,995	$	191,286	$	773,729

Geographic Information

Revenues were derived from (billed to) customers located in the following countries(in thousands):

		Net Sales
		for the Three Months			Percentage of
		Ended September 30,			Net Sales
		2012		2011	2012	2011
China	$	58,353	$	45,842	35%	29%
Taiwan		33,184		32,171	20%	20%
United States		15,856		22,733	10%	14%
Korea		14,701		9,200	8%	6%
Switzerland		14,151		11,962	8%	7%
Singapore		8,412		6,744	5%	4%
U.K.		7,636		7,906	5%	5%
Germany		6,285		7,555	4%	5%
All Others (1)		8,039		16,464	5%	10%
Total	$	166,617	$	160,577	100%	100%
		Net Sales
		for the Nine Months			Percentage of
		Ended September 30,			Net Sales
		2012		2011	2012	2011
China	$	120,787	$	116,416	26%	24%
Taiwan		96,632		106,432	21%	22%
United States		45,192		79,190	10%	15%
Switzerland		42,213		41,954	9%	9%
Korea		36,554		29,389	8%	6%
U.K.		20,614		25,134	4%	5%
Singapore		19,888		18,333	4%	4%
Germany		19,224		25,011	4%	5%
All Others (1)		69,415		50,079	14%	10%
Total	$	470,519	$	491,938	100%	100%

(1) Represents countries with less than 3% of the total revenues each.