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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2013
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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | NOTE 12 – 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 six month periods ended April 28, 2013 and April 29, 2012, and its long-lived assets by geographic area as of April 28, 2013 and October 28, 2012, are presented below.
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | April 28, 2013 |  |  | April 29, 2012 |  |  | April 28, 2013 |  |  | April 29, 2012 |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 37,045 |  |  | $ | 37,128 |  |  | $ | 65,265 |  |  | $ | 68,698 |
Korea |  |  | 32,332 |  |  |  | 41,514 |  |  |  | 66,304 |  |  |  | 83,426 |
Taiwan |  |  | 27,425 |  |  |  | 27,680 |  |  |  | 55,819 |  |  |  | 54,159 |
Europe |  |  | 9,388 |  |  |  | 10,384 |  |  |  | 17,988 |  |  |  | 20,734 |
All other |  |  | 490 |  |  |  | 745 |  |  |  | 1,143 |  |  |  | 2,588 |
|  | $ | 106,680 |  |  | $ | 117,451 |  |  | $ | 206,519 |  |  | $ | 229,605 |
IC |  | $ | 82,164 |  |  | $ | 89,111 |  |  | $ | 156,588 |  |  | $ | 175,917 |
FPD |  |  | 24,516 |  |  |  | 28,340 |  |  |  | 49,931 |  |  |  | 53,688 |
|  | $ | 106,680 |  |  | $ | 117,451 |  |  | $ | 206,519 |  |  | $ | 229,605 |
|  | As of |
|  | April 28, 2013 |  |  | October 28, 2012 |
Long-lived assets |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 181,499 |  |  | $ | 177,614 |
Korea |  |  | 147,649 |  |  |  | 120,628 |
Taiwan |  |  | 71,319 |  |  |  | 72,185 |
Europe |  |  | 10,252 |  |  |  | 10,262 |
All other |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 119 |
|  | $ | 410,757 |  |  | $ | 380,808 |
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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