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Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
25. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in two business areas: Semiconductors and Subsystems.

In the Semiconductors business area, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of products, including discrete and standard commodity components, application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”), full custom devices and semi-custom devices and application-specific standard products (“ASSPs”) for analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications. In addition, the Company further participates in the manufacturing value chain of Smartcard products, which includes the production and sale of both silicon chips and Smartcards.

In the Subsystems business area, the Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets subsystems and modules for the telecommunications, automotive and industrial markets including mobile phone accessories, battery chargers, ISDN power supplies and in-vehicle equipment for electronic toll payment. Based on its immateriality to its business as a whole, the Subsystems business area does not meet the requirements for a reportable segment as defined in the U.S. GAAP guidance. All the financial values related to Subsystems including net revenues and related costs, are reported in the segment “Others”.

Effective January 1, 2013, the segment reporting reflects the Company’s strategy announced on December 10, 2012. The strategy takes into account the evolution of the markets the Company is in and the environment seen in the years to come and is based on the Company’s leadership in two product segments, supported by a Sales & Marketing organization with a particular focus on the major accounts, as well as expanding the Company’s penetration of the mass market and focusing on five growth drivers: Automotive Products, Application Processors, including Digital Consumer Products, MEMS and Sensors, Microcontrollers and Smart Power.

The organization existing in 2013 was as follows:

 

   

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A), including:

 

   

Automotive (APG),

 

   

Industrial & Power Discrete (IPD),

 

   

Analog & MEMS (AMS), and

 

   

Other SP&A;

 

   

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS), comprised of:

 

   

Digital Convergence Group (DCG),

 

   

Imaging, BI-CMOS ASIC and Silicon Photonics (IBP),

 

   

Microcontrollers, Memory & Security (MMS),

 

   

Wireless (WPS), and

 

   

Other EPS.

In 2013, the Company revised its results from prior periods in accordance with the new segment structure. The preparation of segment information based on the current segment structure requires management to make estimates and assumptions in determining the operating income (loss) of the segments for the prior reporting periods. The Company believes that the revised 2012 and 2011 presentation is consistent with that of 2013 and is using these comparatives when managing its segments.

The following tables present the Company’s consolidated net revenues and consolidated operating income (loss) by product segment. For the computation of the segments’ internal financial measurements, the Company uses certain internal rules of allocation for the costs not directly chargeable to the segments, including cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses and a significant part of research and development expenses. In compliance with the Company’s internal policies, certain cost items are not charged to the segments, including impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, including ST-Ericsson plans, unused capacity charges, phase-out and start-up costs of certain manufacturing facilities, certain one-time corporate items such as the 2012 NXP arbitration award charge, strategic and special research and development programs or other corporate-sponsored initiatives, including certain corporate-level operating expenses and certain other miscellaneous charges. In addition, depreciation and amortization expense is part of the manufacturing costs allocated to the product segments and is neither identified as part of the inventory variation nor as part of the unused capacity charges; therefore, it cannot be isolated in the costs of goods sold.

 

Net revenues by product segment:

 

In millions of U.S. dollars    December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A)

     4,775         4,622         5,120   

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS)

     3,269         3,826         4,566   

Others(1)

     38         45         49   

Total consolidated net revenues

     8,082         8,493         9,735   

 

(1) Includes revenues from sales of Subsystems, sales of materials and other products not allocated to product segments.

Net revenues by product segment and by product line :

 

      December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

In millions of U.S. dollars

  

Automotive (APG)

     1,668         1,554         1,678   

Industrial & Power Discrete (IPD)

     1,801         1,747         2,104   

Analog & MEMS (AMS)

     1,306         1,320         1,335   

Other SP&A

     —           1         3   

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A)

     4,775         4,622         5,120   

Digital Convergence Group (DCG)

     735         888         1,084   

Imaging, Bi-CMOS ASIC and Silicon Photonics (IBP)

     462         437         722   

Microcontrollers, Memory & Security (MMS)

     1,367         1,147         1,175   

Wireless (WPS)

     704         1,345         1,552   

Other EPS

     1         9         33   

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS)

     3,269         3,826         4,566   

Others

     38         45         49   

Total consolidated net revenues

     8,082         8,493         9,735   

Operating income (loss) by product segment:

 

In millions of U.S. dollars    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A)

     270        409        757   

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS)

     (399     (883     (489

Total operating income (loss) of product segments

     (129     (474     268   

Others (1)

     (336     (1,607     (222

Total consolidated operating income (loss)

     (465     (2,081     46   

 

(1) Operating loss of “Others” includes items such as impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs including ST-Ericsson plans, unused capacity charges, phase-out and start-up costs of certain manufacturing facilities, certain one-time corporate items such as the 2012 NXP arbitration award charge and other unallocated expenses such as: strategic or special research and development programs, certain corporate-level operating expenses and other costs that are not allocated to the product segments, as well as operating earnings of the Subsystems and Other Products Group.

 

Reconciliation of operating income (loss) of segments to the total operating income (loss):

 

In millions of U.S. dollars    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total operating income (loss) of product segments

     (129     (474     268   

Strategic and other research and development programs

     (15     (12     (13

Phase-out and start-up costs

     (5     —          (8

Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs

     (292     (1,376     (75

Unused capacity charges

     (32     (172     (149

NXP arbitration award

     —          (54     —     

Other non-allocated provisions(1)

     8        7        23   

Total operating loss Others

     (336     (1,607     (222

Total consolidated operating income (loss)

     (465     (2,081     46   

 

(1) Includes unallocated income and expenses such as certain corporate-level operating expenses and other costs/income that are not allocated to the product segments.

The following is a summary of operations by entities located within the indicated geographic areas for 2013, 2012 and 2011. Net revenues represent sales to third parties from the country in which each entity is located. Long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment, net (PP&E, net). A significant portion of property, plant and equipment expenditures is attributable to front-end and back-end facilities, located in the different countries in which the Company operates. As such, the Company mainly allocates capital spending resources according to geographic areas rather than along product segment areas.

Net revenues

 

In millions of U.S. dollars

   December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
     December 31,
2011
 

The Netherlands

     1,860         1,524         1,928   

France

     289         189         172   

Italy

     78         131         157   

USA

     1,041         1,014         1,120   

Singapore

     3,860         3,784         4,945   

Japan

     420         418         497   

Other countries

     534         1,433         916   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     8,082         8,493         9,735   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

In millions of U.S. dollars

   December 31,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

The Netherlands

     333         241   

France

     1,063         1,222   

Italy

     690         716   

Other European countries

     131         169   

USA

     17         18   

Singapore

     341         441   

Malaysia

     195         238   

Other countries

     386         436   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,156         3,481