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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Revenues By Geographic Area | Revenues, by geographic location (based on the customer’s ordering location) for the years ended October 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
United States |  | $ | 47,539 |  |  | $ | 48,697 |  |  | $ | 52,109 |
South Korea |  |  | 44,217 |  |  |  | 52,007 |  |  |  | 109,953 |
England |  |  | 368 |  |  |  | 277 |  |  |  | 142 |
Germany |  |  | 2,740 |  |  |  | 7,147 |  |  |  | 764 |
Canada |  |  | 729 |  |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | — |
Spain |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 109 |
Total |  | $ | 95,666 |  |  | $ | 108,252 |  |  | $ | 163,077 |

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