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Segment Disclosure
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012
Segment Disclosure

Note 12. Segment Disclosure

ASC 280, Segment Reporting, requires disclosures of certain information regarding 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 provides software products and consulting services in the EDA software industry. The Company operates in a single segment. 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 used 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 and property and equipment, net, related to operations in the United States and other by geographic areas were:

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
     2012      2011      2010  
     (in thousands)  

Revenue:

         

United States

    $ 834,191       $ 714,036       $ 667,956   

Europe

      225,797         207,071         183,831   

Japan

      289,420         275,174         256,454   

Asia Pacific and Other

      406,609         339,362         272,420   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Consolidated

    $ 1,756,017       $ 1,535,643       $ 1,380,661   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

     As of October 31,  
     2012      2011  
     (in thousands)  

Property and Equipment, net:

      

United States

    $ 133,148       $ 121,101   

Other countries

      58,095         38,416   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total

    $ 191,243       $ 159,517   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

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

One customer, in the aggregate, accounted for 10.5%, 10.6%, and 10.9% of the Company’s consolidated revenue in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.