Segment and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2011

Segment and Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information

Note 10 — Segment and Geographic Information

Prior to the sale of the external storage systems business, the Company operated in two reportable segments — the Semiconductor segment and the Storage Systems segment. The Semiconductor segment designs, develops and markets highly complex integrated circuits for storage and networking applications. These solutions include both custom solutions and standard products. The Storage Systems segment offered external storage systems and RAID adapters for computer servers and associated software for attaching storage devices to computer servers. On March 9, 2011, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its external storage systems business to NetApp and started to operate its RAID adapter business as part of its semiconductor business. Accordingly, the Company has one reportable segment. The change has been reflected in the Company’s segment reporting for all periods presented.

Information about Geographic Areas

The following table summarizes the Company’s revenues by geography based on the ordering location of the customer. Because the Company sells its products primarily to other sellers of technology products and not to end-users, the information in the table below may not accurately reflect geographic end-demand for its products.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 2, 2011		October 3, 2010		October 2, 2011		October 3, 2010
	(In thousands)
North America*	$	136,849	$	110,890	$	380,648	$	311,035
Asia:
China		146,873		82,263		362,051		249,422
Singapore		75,652		65,813		193,773		218,214
Taiwan		60,450		68,272		212,087		229,587
Other		77,263		69,947		225,328		229,513
Total Asia		360,238		286,295		993,239		926,736
Europe and the Middle East		49,823		55,693		146,931		161,226
Total	$	546,910	$	452,878	$	1,520,818	$	1,398,997

* Primarily the United States.