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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2012
Geographic Information [Abstract] |
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | NOTE 11 – GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION The Company operates as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of ICs and FPDs. Geographic net sales are based primarily on where the Company's manufacturing facility is located. The Company's net sales by geographic area and for ICs and FPDs for the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2012 and July 31, 2011, and its long-lived assets by geographic area as of July 29, 2012, and October 30, 2011, are presented below.
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 29, 2012 |  |  | July 31, 2011 |  |  | July 29, 2012 |  |  | July 31, 2011 |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asia |  | $ | 71,707 |  |  | $ | 80,051 |  |  | $ | 211,880 |  |  | $ | 238,224 |
Europe |  |  | 10,639 |  |  |  | 11,833 |  |  |  | 31,372 |  |  |  | 35,643 |
North America |  |  | 34,270 |  |  |  | 44,051 |  |  |  | 102,968 |  |  |  | 115,994 |
|  | $ | 116,616 |  |  | $ | 135,935 |  |  | $ | 346,220 |  |  | $ | 389,861 |
IC |  | $ | 90,269 |  |  | $ | 104,891 |  |  | $ | 266,185 |  |  | $ | 294,691 |
FPD |  |  | 26,347 |  |  |  | 31,044 |  |  |  | 80,035 |  |  |  | 95,170 |
|  | $ | 116,616 |  |  | $ | 135,935 |  |  | $ | 346,220 |  |  | $ | 389,861 |
|  | As of |
|  | July 29, 2012 |  |  | October 30, 2011 |
Long-lived assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Asia |  | $ | 191,506 |  |  | $ | 197,956 |
Europe |  |  | 9,534 |  |  |  | 10,879 |
North America |  |  | 183,752 |  |  |  | 159,845 |
|  | $ | 384,792 |  |  | $ | 368,680 |
The Company is typically impacted during its first fiscal quarter by the North American and European holiday periods, as some customers reduce their effective workdays and orders during these periods. Additionally, the Company can be impacted during its first or second quarter by the Asian New Year holiday period, which may also reduce customer orders.

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- Definition The entire disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries. + References No definition available. + Details
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