Note 7 - Customer and Geographic Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

7. 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 March 31,
Customer	2015			2014
A		44	%		45	%
B		28	%		13	%
C		11	%		19	%

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

Customer	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
A		40	%		51	%
C		27	%		21	%

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015					2014
	Revenues		Percentage of Revenues			Revenues		Percentage of Revenues
United States	$	10,315		38	%	$	11,399		42	%
Germany		6,264		24			9,100		34
South Korea		6,918		26			2,260		8
Rest of the world		3,320		12			4,327		16
Total revenue	$	26,817		100	%	$	27,086		100	%

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

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
United States	$	9,319	$	8,240
Rest of the world		576		592
Total long-lived assets, net	$	9,895	$	8,832