Note 3 - Accounts Receivable, Net and Significant Customers Notes

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2011

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

Accounts Receivable, Net and Significant Customers

Accounts receivable, net was comprised of the following:

(In thousands)	July 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
Gross accounts receivable	$	384,010		$	364,114
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(500		)	(500		)
Accounts receivable, net	$	383,510		$	363,614

We sell our products to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and to electronic components distributors who resell these products to OEMs, or their subcontract manufacturers. Net sales by customer type and net sales to significant customers were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
(Percentage of Net Sales)	July 1, 2011		July 2, 2010		July 1, 2011		July 2, 2010
Sales to distributors	70	%	84	%	73	%	85	%
Sales to OEMs	30	%	16	%	27	%	15	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%
Significant Distributors(1):
Arrow Electronics, Inc. ( “Arrow”)	36	%	48	%	39	%	48	%
Macnica, Inc. (“Macnica”)	20	%	20	%	20	%	19	%

(1)    Except as presented above, no other distributor accounted for greater than 10% of our net sales for the quarterly or year-to-date periods ended July 1, 2011 or July 2, 2010.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., an OEM, accounted for 14% and 13% of our net sales for the quarterly and year-to-date periods ended July 1, 2011, respectively. No other individual OEM accounted for more than 10% of our net sales for the quarterly or year-to-date periods ended July 1, 2011. No individual OEM accounted for more than 10% of our net sales for the quarterly or year-to-date periods ended July 2, 2010.

As of July 1, 2011, accounts receivable from Arrow, Macnica and Avnet, Inc. including its affiliates (“Avnet”) individually accounted for approximately 41%, 32% and 11%, respectively, of our total accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2010, accounts receivable from Arrow, Macnica and Avnet individually accounted for approximately 18%, 51% and 12%, respectively, of our total accounts receivable. No other distributor or OEM accounted for more than 10% of our accounts receivable as of July 1, 2011 or December 31, 2010. Accounts receivable from distributors may not be proportionate to net sales and may fluctuate on a quarterly basis due to varying factors, including inventory levels held by distributors and timing of price concessions and payments.