Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Feb. 04, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 7 – Segment Information

The Company operates and tracks its results in one reportable segment based on the aggregation of five operating segments. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of integrated circuits. The Chief Executive Officer has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker.

Revenue Trends by End Market

The following table summarizes revenue by end market. The categorization of revenue by end market is determined using a variety of data points including the technical characteristics of the product, the “sold to” customer information, the “ship to” customer information and the end customer product or application into which the Company’s product will be incorporated. As data systems for capturing and tracking this data evolve and improve, the categorization of products by end market can vary over time. When this occurs, the Company reclassifies revenue by end market for prior periods. Such reclassifications typically do not materially change the sizing of, or the underlying trends of results within, each end market.

	Three Months Ended February 4, 2012								Three Months Ended January 29, 2011
	Revenue		% of Revenue			Y/Y%			Revenue		% of Revenue
Industrial	$	289,431		45	%		(15	)%	$	339,028		47	%
Automotive		119,123		18	%		26	%		94,600		13	%
Consumer		116,886		18	%		(20	)%		145,951		20	%
Communications		122,618		19	%		(18	)%		148,925		20	%
Total revenue	$	648,058		100	%		(11	)%	$	728,504		100	%

Revenue Trends by Product Type

The following table summarizes revenue by product categories. The categorization of the Company’s products into broad categories is based on the characteristics of the individual products, the specification of the products and in some cases the specific uses that certain products have within applications. The categorization of products into categories is therefore subject to judgment in some cases and can vary over time. In instances where products move between product categories, the Company reclassifies the amounts in the product categories for all prior periods. Such reclassifications typically do not materially change the sizing of, or the underlying trends of results within, each product category.

	Three Months Ended February 4, 2012								Three Months Ended January 29, 2011
	Revenue		% of Revenue			Y/Y%			Revenue		% of Revenue*
Converters	$	285,133		44	%		(14	)%	$	332,767		46	%
Amplifiers / Radio frequency		164,458		25	%		(16	)%		195,007		27	%
Other analog		96,238		15	%		5	%		91,407		13	%
Subtotal analog signal processing		545,829		84	%		(12	)%		619,181		85	%
Power management & reference		44,863		7	%		(16	)%		53,360		7	%
Total analog products	$	590,692		91	%		(12	)%	$	672,541		92	%
Digital signal processing		57,366		9	%		3	%		55,963		8	%
Total revenue	$	648,058		100	%		(11	)%	$	728,504		100	%

*The sum of the individual percentages does not equal the total due to rounding.

Revenue Trends by Geographic Region

Revenue by geographic region, based upon customer location, for the three-month periods ended February 4, 2012 and January 29, 2011 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended
Region	February 4, 2012		January 29, 2011
United States	$	121,599	$	130,397
Rest of North and South America		42,360		41,893
Europe		176,492		191,289
Japan		81,352		104,167
China		121,274		148,121
Rest of Asia		104,981		112,637
Total revenue	$	648,058	$	728,504

In the three-month periods ended February 4, 2012 and January 29, 2011, the predominant countries comprising “Rest of North and South America” are Canada and Mexico; the predominant countries comprising “Europe” are Germany, Sweden, France and the United Kingdom; and the predominant countries comprising “Rest of Asia” are Taiwan and South Korea.