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GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION [Abstract] |
GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION | NOTE 13 - GEOGRAPHIC AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION We operate as a single operating segment as a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision quartz or glass plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits for use in the fabrication of IC's and FPDs. Geographic revenues (shown below) are based primarily on where our manufacturing facility is located. Our 2018, 2017 and 2016 revenue by geographic area and by IC and FPD products, and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:
|  | Year Ended |
|  | October 31, 2018 |  |  | October 29, 2017 |  |  | October 30, 2016 |
Net revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Taiwan |  | $ | 237,039 |  |  | $ | 187,818 |  |  | $ | 193,216 |
Korea |  |  | 147,066 |  |  |  | 122,165 |  |  |  | 141,017 |
United States |  |  | 112,648 |  |  |  | 102,040 |  |  |  | 113,670 |
Europe |  |  | 35,540 |  |  |  | 36,081 |  |  |  | 33,384 |
All other Asia |  |  | 2,983 |  |  |  | 2,574 |  |  |  | 2,169 |
|  | $ | 535,276 |  |  | $ | 450,678 |  |  | $ | 483,456 |
IC |  | $ | 416,064 |  |  | $ | 350,260 |  |  | $ | 364,531 |
FPD |  |  | 119,212 |  |  |  | 100,418 |  |  |  | 118,925 |
|  | $ | 535,276 |  |  | $ | 450,678 |  |  | $ | 483,456 |
|  | As of |
|  | October 31, 2018 |  |  | October 29, 2017 |  |  | October 30, 2016 |
Long-lived assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Taiwan |  | $ | 177,626 |  |  | $ | 186,192 |  |  | $ | 176,644 |
United States |  |  | 156,948 |  |  |  | 180,095 |  |  |  | 173,658 |
Korea |  |  | 127,764 |  |  |  | 147,265 |  |  |  | 146,515 |
China |  |  | 102,985 |  |  |  | 8,273 |  |  |  | - |
Europe |  |  | 6,458 |  |  |  | 13,372 |  |  |  | 9,617 |
|  | $ | 571,781 |  |  | $ | 535,197 |  |  | $ | 506,434 |
One customer accounted for 16%, 16% and 19% of our revenue in fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and another customer accounted for 15%, 16% and 17% of our revenue in fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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