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Major Customers and Foreign Sales (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Major Customers and Foreign Sales [Abstract] |
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area | Our net revenues for 2017, 2016 and 2015 were to customers in the following geographic regions:
| Years Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
United States | 11 | % |  | 17 | % |  | 24 | %
Other | 1 | % |  | 3 | % |  | 2 | %
Total Americas | 12 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 26 | %
Taiwan | 12 | % |  | 15 | % |  | 13 | %
Malaysia | 9 | % |  | 18 | % |  | 13 | %
China | 47 | % |  | 28 | % |  | 26 | %
Other | 7 | % |  | 7 | % |  | 8 | %
Total Asia | 75 | % |  | 68 | % |  | 60 | %
Germany | 5 | % |  | 3 | % |  | 5 | %
Other | 8 | % |  | 9 | % |  | 9 | %
Total Europe | 13 | % |  | 12 | % |  | 14 | %
| 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %

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