SEGMENT INFORMATION Revenue by country (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

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 2019, 2018, and 2017:

	Fiscal
(in thousands)	2019		2018		2017
China	$	252,179	$	408,567	$	323,803
Taiwan	63,440		126,676		100,738
Malaysia	41,568		65,354		72,329
United States	36,393		68,774		57,728
Singapore	25,680		19,648		7,119
Korea	15,236		38,551		73,410
Germany	13,594		19,018		18,754
Hong Kong	12,096		14,194		14,314
Philippines	12,057		26,372		25,165
Vietnam	10,978		20,864		29,330
All other	56,831		81,103		86,351
Total destination sales to unaffiliated customers	$	540,052	$	889,121	$	809,041

	Fiscal
(in thousands)	2019		2018		2017
Long-lived assets:
Singapore	$	25,620	$	30,240	$	31,553
United States	27,665		23,696		43,440
China	18,969		18,333		11,148
Israel	8,288		8,460		4,549
All other	6,981		6,944		6,899
Total long-lived assets	$	87,523	$	87,673	$	97,589