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Segment Disclosure
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Disclosure
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 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,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(in thousands)
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
268,228

 
$
234,770

 
$
745,458

 
$
706,083

Europe
65,881

 
68,591

 
203,645

 
197,712

Japan
61,517

 
64,874

 
184,219

 
200,510

Asia-Pacific and Other
126,186

 
114,710

 
385,138

 
353,034

Consolidated
$
521,812

 
$
482,945

 
$
1,518,460

 
$
1,457,339


Geographic revenue data for multi-region, multi-product transactions reflect internal allocations and are therefore subject to certain assumptions and the Company’s methodology.
One customer accounted for 10.5% and 11.5% of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated revenue in the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and accounted for 10.7% and 11.4% of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated revenue in the nine months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.