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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
SEGMENTINFORMATIONANDCONCENTRATIONS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block] | Net revenues by geographic area are presented based upon the country of destination and are as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended
| September 30, 2011 |  | October 1, 2010 |  | October 2, 2009
United States | $ | 76,764 |  |  | $ | 115,610 |  |  | $ | 76,435 |
Other Americas | 38,863 |  |  | 36,724 |  |  | 26,078 |
Total Americas | 115,627 |  |  | 152,334 |  |  | 102,513 |
China | 914,678 |  |  | 628,858 |  |  | 414,208 |
South Korea | 148,370 |  |  | 144,758 |  |  | 174,744 |
Taiwan | 93,753 |  |  | 51,353 |  |  | 48,443 |
Other Asia-Pacific | 91,521 |  |  | 30,922 |  |  | 23,098 |
Total Asia-Pacific | 1,248,322 |  |  | 855,891 |  |  | 660,493 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa | 54,973 |  |  | 63,624 |  |  | 39,571 |
| $ | 1,418,922 |  |  | $ | 1,071,849 |  |  | $ | 802,577 |
Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block] | Net property, plant and equipment balances, including property held for sale, based on the physical locations within the indicated geographic areas are as follows (in thousands):
| As of
| September 30, 2011 |  | October 1, 2010
United States | $ | 114,492 |  |  | $ | 104,846 |
Mexico | 131,862 |  |  | 98,667 |
Other | 5,011 |  |  | 850 |
| $ | 251,365 |  |  | $ | 204,363 |
Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block] | The Company's greater than ten percent customers comprised the following percentages of net revenue:
|  | Fiscal Years Ended
|  | September 30, 2011 |  | October 1, 2010 |  | October 2, 2009
Company A |  | 27% |  | 13% |  | *
Company B |  | 13% |  | 12% |  | *
Company C |  | 11% |  | 13% |  | 15%
Company D |  | * |  | * |  | 12%
Company E |  | * |  | * |  | 11%

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries in which material long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets are located, and amount of such long-lived assets located in that country or foreign geographic area. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 38 -Subparagraph b -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the extent of the entity's reliance on its major customers, if revenues from transactions with a single external customer amount to 10 percent or more of entity revenues, including the disclosure of that fact, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the reportable segment or segments reporting the revenues. The entity need not disclose the identity of a major customer or the amount of revenues that each segment reports from that customer. For these purposes, a group of companies known to the entity to be under common control is considered a single customer, and the federal government, a state government, a local government such as a county or municipality, or a foreign government is each considered a single customer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 39 + Details
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