INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2017

INCOME TAXES [Abstract]

Income before income tax provision for domestic and foreign

Income before the income tax provisions consists of the following:

	Year Ended
	October 29 2017			October 30, 2016		November 1, 2015
United States	$	(11,544	)	$	6,270	$	6,646
Foreign		38,109			54,204		63,394
	$	26,565		$	60,474	$	70,040

Income tax provision

The income tax provisions consist of the following:

	Year Ended
	October 29, 2017			October 30, 2016			November 1, 2015
Current:
Federal	$	173		$	492		$	160
State		(4	)		(2	)		(109	)
Foreign		3,474			8,115			9,729
Deferred:
Federal		-			-			-
State		15			10			7
Foreign		1,618			(3,817	)		3,394
Total	$	5,276		$	4,798		$	13,181

Income tax rate reconciliation

The income tax provisions differ from the amount computed by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to income before income taxes as a result of the following:

	Year Ended
	October 29, 2017			October 30, 2016			November 1, 2015
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate	$	9,298		$	21,166		$	24,514
Changes in valuation allowances		(3,632	)		(9,516	)		(11,471	)
Distributions from foreign subsidiaries		6,471			3,438			448
Foreign tax rate differentials		(5,230	)		(9,620	)		(4,356	)
Tax credits		(1,925	)		(944	)		(2,729	)
Uncertain tax positions, including reserves, settlements and resolutions		(932	)		134			(175	)
Income tax holiday		(743	)		(507	)		(869	)
Employee stock compensation		512			452			634
Tax on foreign subsidiary earnings		1,712			225			6,589
Other, net		(255	)		(30	)		596
	$	5,276		$	4,798		$	13,181

Net deferred income tax assets

The net deferred income tax assets consist of the following:

	As of
	October 29, 2017			October 30, 2016
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating losses	$	40,942		$	46,158
Reserves not currently deductible		4,196			5,904
Alternative minimum tax credits		3,946			3,772
Tax credit carryforwards		10,037			8,814
Share-based compensation		2,335			1,972
Other		1,503			1,719
		62,959			68,339
Valuation allowances		(25,590	)		(29,315	)
		37,369			39,024
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries		(4,335	)		(3,962	)
Property, plant and equipment		(19,280	)		(19,977	)
Other		(322	)		(254	)
		(23,937	)		(24,193	)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	13,432		$	14,831
Reported as:
Deferred income tax assets	$	15,481		$	16,322
Deferred income tax liabilities		(2,049	)		(1,491	)
	$	13,432		$	14,831

Operating loss carryforwards

The following tables present our available operating loss and credit carryforwards at October 29, 2017, and their related expiration periods:

Operating Loss Carryforwards	Amount		Expiration  Periods
Federal	$	86,358		2025-2033
State		214,532		2018-2037
Foreign		15,414		2019-2023

Tax credit carryforwards

Tax Credit Carryforwards	Amount		Expiration Period
Federal research and development	$	5,580		2019-2037
Federal alternative minimum		3,946	Indefinite
State		5,829		2018-2031
Foreign		667		2022

Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows:

	Year Ended
	October 29, 2017			October 30, 2016			November 1, 2015
Balance at beginning of year	$	4,606		$	4,029		$	4,993
Additions (reductions) for tax positions in prior years		207			744			(212	)
Additions based on current year tax positions		323			268			318
Settlements		(922	)		(378	)		(720	)
Lapses of statutes of limitations		(830	)		(57	)		(350	)
Balance at end of year	$	3,384		$	4,606		$	4,029