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JOINT VENTURE, TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 28, 2012
JOINT VENTURE, TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. [Abstract] |
Summarized financial information of equity method investment | Summarized financial information of MP Mask is presented below.
|  | As of October |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Current assets |  | $ | 25,701 |  |  | $ | 22,264 |
Noncurrent assets |  |  | 170,226 |  |  |  | 157,176 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 15,597 |  |  |  | 25,941 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
|  | Year Ended October |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Net sales |  | $ | 84,216 |  |  | $ | 79,766 |  |  | $ | 63,161 |
Gross profit |  |  | 1,799 |  |  |  | 2,649 |  |  |  | 1,976 |
Net income |  |  | 831 |  |  |  | 6,691 |  |  |  | 540 |

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