GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2012

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract]

Geographic and significant customer information

The Company operates as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of IC's and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located. The Company's 2012, 2011 and 2010 net sales by geographic area and for ICs and FPDs, and total long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	Year Ended
	October 28, 2012		October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010
Net sales
Korea	$	161,154	$	171,327	$	143,371
United States		135,170		158,005		123,753
Taiwan		109,232		122,070		101,189
Europe		40,653		46,613		41,850
All other		4,230		14,005		15,391
	$	450,439	$	512,020	$	425,554
IC	$	350,105	$	391,158	$	329,767
FPD		100,334		120,862		95,787
	$	450,439	$	512,020	$	425,554

	October 28, 2012		October 30, 2011		October 31, 2010
Long-lived assets
United States	$	177,614	$	159,845	$	134,349
Korea		120,628		119,855		131,802
Taiwan		72,185		77,367		88,323
Europe		10,262		10,879		14,182
All other		119		734		1,158
	$	380,808	$	368,680	$	369,814