Segment Disclosure

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Disclosure

Segment Disclosure

Certain disclosures are required for operating segments, products and services, geographic areas of operation and major customers. Segment reporting is based upon the “management approach,” i.e., how management organizes the Company’s operating segments for which separate financial information is (1) available and (2) evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Makers (CODMs) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Synopsys’ CODMs are the Company’s two Co-Chief Executive Officers.

The Company operates in a single segment to provide software products and consulting services in the EDA software industry. In making operating decisions, the CODMs primarily consider consolidated financial information, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region. Specifically, the CODMs consider where individual “seats” or licenses to the Company’s products are located in allocating revenue to particular geographic areas. Revenue is defined as revenues from external customers. Goodwill is not allocated since the Company operates in one reportable operating segment. Revenues related to operations in the United States and other geographic areas were:

	Three Months Ended   July 31,				Nine Months Ended   July 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(in thousands)
Revenue:
United States	$	316,902	$	275,625	$	889,220	$	839,325
Europe	66,946		80,257		211,993		227,165
Japan	63,056		50,974		174,838		165,067
Asia-Pacific and Other	168,300		148,949		512,762		423,495
Consolidated	$	615,204	$	555,805	$	1,788,813	$	1,655,052

Geographic revenue data for multi-region, multi-product transactions reflect internal allocations and are therefore subject to certain assumptions and the Company’s methodology.

For the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015, one customer, including its subsidiaries, through multiple agreements accounted for greater than 10% of the Company's total revenues.