GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2014

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract]

GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

NOTE 16 - 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 2014, 2013 and 2012 net sales by geographic area and of ICs and FPDs, and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:

	Year Ended
	November 2, 2014		November 3, 2013		October 28, 2012
Net sales
Taiwan	$	167,075	$	117,364	$	109,232
Korea		140,386		134,300		161,154
United States		106,740		127,054		135,170
Europe		38,726		41,126		40,653
All other		2,600		2,336		4,230
	$	455,527	$	422,180	$	450,439
IC	$	352,679	$	320,579	$	350,105
FPD		102,848		101,601		100,334
	$	455,527	$	422,180	$	450,439

	As of
	November 2, 2014		November 3, 2013		October 28, 2012
Long-lived assets
Taiwan	$	207,324	$	66,836	$	72,185
Korea		176,141		153,878		120,628
United States		158,325		191,518		177,614
Europe		8,259		10,471		10,262
All other		20		37		119
	$	550,069	$	422,740	$	380,808

     One customer accounted for 16%, 18% and 22% of the Company's net sales in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and another customer accounted for 11% of the Company’s net sales in fiscal 2014.