Note 17 - Segment and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 1 7 . SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Our foreign operations are conducted primarily through our wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Our principal markets include the Asia Pacific region, North America, and Europe. Net sales by geographic areas represent direct sales principally to original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”), or their designated subcontract manufacturers, and to distributors (affiliated and unaffiliated) who buy our products and resell to their customers.

Our net sales by geographic area for the periods indicated below were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 1,		December 27,		January 1,		December 27,
	2017		2015		2017		2015
China	$	10,714	$	9,241	$	34,089	$	28,096
United States		4,922		5,059		14,550		13,416
Singapore		3,525		3,255		10,234		10,740
Germany		2,717		2,992		7,433		9,951
Taiwan		1,434		1,873		5,381		5,219
Korea		539		259		1,846		1,227
Rest of world		3,371		2,631		8,426		7,599
Total net sales	$	27,222	$	25,310	$	81,959	$	76,248

Substantially all of our long-lived assets as of

January

1,

2017

and

March

27,

2016,

respectively, were located in the United States.

The following distributors and customers accounted for

10%

or more of our net sales in the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	January 1,			December 27,			January 1,			December 27,
	2017			2015			2017			2015
Distributor A +		31	%		33	%		28	%		37	%
Distributor B		13	%		11	%		14	%		*
Distributor C		13	%		10	%		13	%		10	%
Distributor D		12	%		11	%		12	%		11	%

*      Net sales for this distributor or customer for this period was less than

10%

of our net sales.

+      Related Party

No other distributor or customer accounted for

10%

or more of the net sales for the

three

months ended

January

1,

2017

or

December

27,

2015.

The following distributors and customers accounted for

10%

or more of our net accounts receivable as of the dates indicated:

	January 1,			March 27,
	2017			2016
Distributor A+		28	%		17	%
Distributor B		17	%		13	%
Distributor C		15	%		14	%
Distributor D		*			14	%
Customer A		*			12	%

*      Accounts receivable for this customer for this period was less than

10%

of total account balance.

+      Related Party

No other distributor or customer accounted for

10%

or more of the net accounts receivable as of

January

1,

2017

or

March

27,

2016.