SEGMENT INFORMATION Revenue by country (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

The following tables reflect destination sales to unaffiliated customers by country and long-lived assets by country for fiscal 2016, 2015, and 2014:

	Fiscal
(in thousands)	2016		2015		2014
China	$	211,448	$	169,557	$	144,134
Taiwan	129,128		56,610		140,586
Korea	70,593		40,687		31,284
United States	47,806		47,220		31,645
Malaysia	42,368		48,825		46,033
Japan	28,256		31,413		34,480
Germany	13,043		11,580		8,496
Thailand	11,782		13,852		9,386
Singapore	8,770		17,430		21,934
Hong Kong	8,625		15,482		23,709
Philippines	8,272		42,575		31,371
Hungary	5,436		4,350		1,235
Vietnam	3,785		4,354		11,355
All other	37,880		32,536		32,921
Total destination sales to unaffiliated customers	$	627,192	$	536,471	$	568,569

	Fiscal
(in thousands)	2016		2015		2014
Long-lived assets:
Singapore	$	33,286	$	36,754	$	37,169
United States	18,570		7,429		8,537
China	7,459		7,386		7,295
Israel	4,810		3,701		4,668
Netherlands	2,198		1,421		—
All other	3,097		1,663		1,651
Total long-lived assets	$	69,420	$	58,354	$	59,320