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JOINT VENTURE, TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC (Details) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2012
Oct. 30, 2011
May 31, 2009
Capital Lease Obligations With Micron [Member]
Apr. 29, 2012
Capital Lease Obligations With Micron [Member]
Oct. 28, 2012
Term Loan [Member]
Apr. 29, 2012
Term Loan [Member]
May 31, 2006
MP Mask [Member]
Oct. 28, 2012
MP Mask [Member]
Oct. 30, 2011
MP Mask [Member]
Oct. 31, 2010
MP Mask [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]                    
Investments in MP Mask and other agreements             $ 135,000,000      
Investment in joint venture 93,252,000 79,984,000         64,200,000      
Variable Interest Entity, Methodology for Determining Whether Entity is Primary Beneficiary               This joint venture is a variable interest entity ("VIE") (as that term is defined in the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") ) because all costs of the joint venture are passed on to the Company and Micron through purchase agreements they have entered into with the joint venture, and it is dependent upon the Company and Micron for any additional cash requirements. On a quarterly basis the Company reassesses whether its interest in MP Mask gives it a controlling financial interest in this VIE. The purpose of this quarterly reassessment is to identify the primary beneficiary (which is defined in the ASC as the entity that consolidates a VIE) of the VIE. As a result of the reassessments in fiscal year 2012, the Company determined that Micron is still the primary beneficiary of the VIE, by virtue of its tie-breaking voting rights within MP Mask's Board of Managers, thereby giving it the power to direct the activities of MP Mask that most significantly impact its economic performance, including its decision making authority in the ordinary course of business and its purchasing the majority of products produced by the VIE.    
Ownership percentage in MP Mask (in hundredths)             49.99%      
Additional investment in joint venture               13,400,000 18,300,000  
Distributions from Joint Venture               0 0  
Maximum exposure to loss from investment in VIE               93,300,000 80,000,000  
Income (Loss) from equity-method investee               (100,000) 600,000 200,000
Amount owed to MP Mask               6,400,000 6,300,000  
Amount receivable from Micron Technology, Inc.               9,000,000 3,400,000  
Commission revenue earned under supply agreement               1,600,000 1,700,000 1,700,000
Amortation of Supply Agreement               400,000 500,000 500,000
Net Earnings Related To Supply Agreement               1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000
Orders received under supply agreement               41,500,000 35,000,000 35,300,000
Cost Of Goods Sold Under Supply Agreement               39,900,000 33,300,000 33,600,000
Cost of sales               7,600,000 18,500,000 5,900,000
Research and development expenses and other               2,000,000 3,100,000 1,900,000
Purchase of Equipment               1,900,000 4,600,000  
Cost of Equipment               1,500,000 2,300,000  
Equipment purchased recorded as investment in Joint Venture               400,000 2,300,000  
Interest rate percentage (in hundredths)     8.00%              
Quarterly lease payments     3,800,000              
Reduced quarterly lease payments     2,000,000              
Capital leased assets reductions     28,000,000              
Payment to purchase U.S. nanoFab facility       35,000,000            
Amount of debt         25,000,000 25,000,000        
Summarized financial information of MP Mask                    
Current assets               25,701,000 22,264,000  
Noncurrent assets               170,226,000 157,176,000  
Current liabilities               15,597,000 25,941,000  
Noncurrent liabilities               0 0  
Net sales               84,216,000 79,766,000 63,161,000
Gross Profit               1,799,000 2,649,000 1,976,000
Net income               $ 831,000 $ 6,691,000 $ 540,000