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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2012
Geographic Information [Abstract] |
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 |

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- Definition Tabular 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 Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 1 -Article 5 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 38 -Subparagraph b(1) -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. + Details
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