INVESTMENT IN MORION, INC.	6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2023
Schedule of Investments [Abstract]
Investment Holdings [Text Block]	NOTE H – INVESTMENT IN MORION, INC. The Company has an investment in Morion, Inc. (“Morion”), a privately held Russian company, which manufactures high precision quartz resonators and crystal oscillators. The Company has also licensed certain technology to Morion. During the three and six months ended October 31, 2023, the Company did not acquire any product from Morion. During the three and six months ended October 31, 2022, the Company acquired product from Morion in the aggregate amount of approximately $31,000 for both periods. The Company’s investment consists of 4.6% of Morion’s outstanding shares, accordingly, the Company accounts for its investment in Morion on the cost basis. Morion is a less than wholly owned subsidiary of Gazprombank, a state-owned Russian bank. The U.S. Ukraine-related sanctions regime has since 2014 included a list of sectoral sanctions identifications (“SSI”) pursuant to Executive Order 13662, which prohibits certain transactions, including certain extensions of credit, with an entity designated as an SSI or certain affiliates of an entity designated as an SSI. On July 16, 2014, after the Company’s investment in Morion, Gazprombank was designated as an SSI. Due to the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and resulting sanctions, the future status of the Company’s equity investment in Morion is uncertain. In response to these conditions, in connection with the preparation of the audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022, as amended, the Company impaired its investment in Morion in full. The likelihood of future sales to, purchases from, and dividend payments from Morion is remote.

INVESTMENT IN MORION, INC.

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2023

NOTE H – INVESTMENT IN MORION, INC.

The Company has an investment in Morion, Inc. (“Morion”), a privately held Russian company, which manufactures high precision quartz resonators and crystal oscillators. The Company has also licensed certain technology to Morion. During the three and six months ended October 31, 2023, the Company did not acquire any product from Morion. During the three and six months ended October 31, 2022, the Company acquired product from Morion in the aggregate amount of approximately $31,000 for both periods.

The Company’s investment consists of 4.6% of Morion’s outstanding shares, accordingly, the Company accounts for its investment in Morion on the cost basis. Morion is a less than wholly owned subsidiary of Gazprombank, a state-owned Russian bank. The U.S. Ukraine-related sanctions regime has since 2014 included a list of sectoral sanctions identifications (“SSI”) pursuant to Executive Order 13662, which prohibits certain transactions, including certain extensions of credit, with an entity designated as an SSI or certain affiliates of an entity designated as an SSI. On July 16, 2014, after the Company’s investment in Morion, Gazprombank was designated as an SSI.

Due to the current Russia-Ukraine conflict and resulting sanctions, the future status of the Company’s equity investment in Morion is uncertain. In response to these conditions, in connection with the preparation of the audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022, as amended, the Company impaired its investment in Morion in full. The likelihood of future sales to, purchases from, and dividend payments from Morion is remote.