Note 8 - Customer and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

 8. CUSTOMER AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.

The Company’s chief operating decision maker, the chief executive officer, reviews discrete financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of regularly making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, the Company considers itself to be in one operating segment, specifically the licensing and implementation of yield improvement solutions for companies designing and/or manufacturing integrated circuits. 

The Company had revenues from individual customers in excess of 10% of total revenues as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
Customer	2014			2013			2014			2013
A		56	%		28	%		50	%		31	%
B		13	%		13	%		16	%		17	%
C		11	%		35	%		12	%		26	%

The Company had gross accounts receivable from the following individual customers in excess of 10% of gross accounts receivable as follows:

Customer	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
A		46	%		36	%
B		24	%		17	%
C		8	%		23	%

Revenues from customers by geographic area based on the location of the customers’ work sites are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2014					2013
	Revenues		Percentage of Revenues			Revenues		Percentage of Revenues
North America	$	10,529		47	%	$	7,686		30	%
Germany		7,913		35			5,140		20
South Korea		1,304		6			8,272		32
Japan		479		2			2,223		9
Rest of Asia		925		4			1,256		5
Rest of Europe		1,256		6			912		4
Total revenue	$	22,406		100	%	$	25,489		100	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014					2013
	Revenues		Percentage of Revenues			Revenues		Percentage of Revenues
North America	$	32,087		43	%	$	28,367		38	%
Germany		26,046		35			15,006		20
South Korea		4,806		6			16,816		23
Japan		3,408		5			6,445		9
Rest of Asia		3,643		5			4,899		7
Rest of Europe		4,112		6			2,842		3
Total revenue	$	74,102		100	%	$	74,375		100	%

Long-lived assets, net by geographic area are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
North America	$	8,120	$	6,578
Asia		432		364
Europe		127		122
Total long-lived assets, net	$	8,679	$	7,064