Note 17 - Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

17.

  SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

 

The Company operates in 

one

 reportable segment that includes the design, development, marketing and sale of high-performance analog solutions for the consumer, computing and storage, industrial, automotive and communications markets. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company derives a majority of its revenue from sales to customers located outside North America, with geographic revenue based on the customers’ ship-to locations.  

The following is a summary of revenue by geographic regions (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
Country or Region	2018		2017		2016
China	$	334,726	$	257,787	$	245,169
Taiwan		75,307		83,357		45,414
Europe		49,484		38,140		27,554
Korea		41,238		34,155		27,710
Southeast Asia		36,495		25,755		19,645
Japan		26,853		20,187		14,318
United States		17,621		11,113		8,567
Other		658		435		288
Total	$	582,382	$	470,929	$	388,665

The following is a summary of revenue by major product families (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
Product Family	2018		2017		2016
DC to DC	$	537,512	$	431,861	$	350,930
Lighting Control		44,870		39,068		37,735
Total	$	582,382	$	470,929	$	388,665

The following is a summary of long-lived assets by geographic regions (in thousands):

	December 31,
Country	2018		2017		2016
China	$	93,096	$	89,472	$	45,728
United States		71,025		65,618		50,242
Taiwan		16,972		17,238		8,919
Bermuda		6,682		7,522		9,573
Other		878		388		571
Total	$	188,653	$	180,238	$	115,033