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Concentration of Risk
3 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2019
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Concentration of Risk Concentration of Risk

The following significant customers accounted for at least 10% of net sales in one or more of the periods indicated:
 
Three Months Ended
(percentage of net sales)
April 28, 2019
 
April 29, 2018
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (and affiliates)
16
%
 
6
%
Trend-tek Technology Ltd (and affiliates)
12
%
 
12
%
Frontek Technology Corporation (and affiliates)
10
%
 
8
%
Arrow Electronics (and affiliates)
9
%
 
12
%
Samsung Electronics (and affiliates)
8
%
 
8
%
Premier Technical Sales Korea, Inc. (and affiliates) (1)
5
%
 
5
%
(1) Premier is a distributor with a concentration of sales to Samsung. The above percentages represent the Company's estimate of the sales activity related to Samsung that is passing through this distributor.
The following table shows the customers that have an outstanding receivable balance that represents at least 10% of total net receivables as of the dates indicated:
 
Balance as of
(percentage of net sales)
April 28, 2019
 
January 27, 2019
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (and affiliates)
18
%
 
7
%
Frontek Technology Corporation (and affiliates)
12
%
 
10
%
Trend-tek Technology Ltd (and affiliates)
10
%
 
11
%

Outside Subcontractors and Suppliers
The Company relies on a limited number of third-party subcontractors and suppliers for the production of silicon wafers, packaging and certain other tasks. Disruption or termination of supply sources or subcontractors, including due to natural disasters such as an earthquake or other causes, could delay shipments and could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Although there are generally alternate sources for these materials and services, qualification of the alternate sources could cause delays sufficient to have a material adverse effect on the Company. Several of the Company’s third-party subcontractors and suppliers, including third-party foundries that supply silicon wafers, are located in foreign countries, including China, Israel and Taiwan. A significant amount of the Company’s assembly and test operations are conducted by third-party contractors in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines. For the first quarter of fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively, approximately 15% and 14%, respectively of the Company’s silicon in terms of cost of wafers was supplied by a third-party foundry in China, and these percentages could be higher in future periods.
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, authorized distributors accounted for approximately 62% of the Company’s net sales compared to approximately 69% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. Generally, the Company does not have long-term contracts with its distributors and most can terminate their agreement with little or no notice. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company's two largest distributors were based in Asia.