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Geographic Data
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Geographic Data [Abstract] 
Geographic Data

10. Geographic Data

Operating Segments

We operate as a single reportable segment on an enterprise-wide basis. We generate revenue by licensing our technologies to manufacturers of CE products and software vendors and by selling our professional products and related services to entertainment content creators, producers, and distributors.

Geographic Information

Revenue by geographic region, which was determined based on the location of our licensees for licensing revenue, the location of our direct customers or distributors for products revenue, and the location where we perform our services for services revenue, was as follows:

 

     September 25,
2009		      September 24,
2010		      September 30,
2011		  
     (in thousands)  

U.S.

    $ 252,310       $ 318,127       $ 301,868   

International

      467,193         604,586         653,637   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total revenue

    $ 719,503       $ 922,713       $ 955,505   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

The concentration of our revenue from individual geographic regions was as follows:

 

     September 25,
2009		     September 24,
2010		     September 30,
2011		  

U.S.

      35 %      34 %      32 % 

Japan

      21 %      19 %      20 % 

Europe

      17 %      16 %      15 % 

Taiwan

      11 %      9 %      8 % 

South Korea

      8 %      12 %      13 % 

China

      6 %      5 %      6 % 

Other

      2 %      5 %      6 % 

Long-lived tangible assets, net of accumulated depreciation, by geographic region were as follows:

 

     September 24,
2010		      September 30,
2011		  
     (in thousands)  

U.S.

    $ 76,257       $ 87,486   

International

      17,840         29,621   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total long-lived tangible assets, net of accumulated depreciation

    $ 94,097       $ 117,107