Industry Segment Operations

9 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Industry Segment Operations

Industry Segment Operations

Our three reportable segments are: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. As defined under the accounting literature, our chief operating decision-maker has been identified as the President and Chief Executive Officer, who reviews operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire company. Segment information is presented based upon our management organization structure as of July 30, 2023 and the distinctive nature of each segment. Future changes to this internal financial structure may result in changes to our reportable segments.

The Semiconductor Systems reportable segment includes semiconductor capital equipment for etch, rapid thermal processing, deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, wafer packaging, and ion implantation.

The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity, including spares, upgrades, services, certain remanufactured earlier generation equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor, display and other products.

The Display and Adjacent Markets segment includes products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), equipment upgrades and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, smart phones, other consumer-oriented devices and solar energy cells.

Each operating segment is separately managed and has separate financial results that are reviewed by our chief operating decision-maker. Each reportable segment contains closely related products that are unique to the particular segment. Segment operating income is determined based upon internal performance measures used by our chief operating decision-maker. The chief operating decision-maker does not evaluate operating segments using total asset information.

We derive the segment results directly from our internal management reporting system. The accounting policies we use to derive reportable segment results are substantially the same as those used for external reporting purposes. Management measures the performance of each reportable segment based upon several metrics including orders, net sales and operating income. Management uses these results to evaluate the performance of, and to assign resources to, each of the reportable segments.

The Corporate and Other category includes revenues from products, as well as costs of products sold, for fabricating solar photovoltaic cells and modules, and certain operating expenses that are not allocated to our reportable segments and are managed separately at the corporate level. These operating expenses include costs related to share-based compensation; certain management, finance, legal, human resources, and research, development and engineering functions provided at the corporate level; and unabsorbed information technology and occupancy. In addition, we do not allocate to our reportable segments restructuring, severance and asset impairment charges and any associated adjustments related to restructuring actions, unless these actions pertain to a specific reportable segment. Segment operating income also excludes interest income/expense and other financial charges and income taxes. Management does not consider the unallocated costs in measuring the performance of the reportable segments.

Net sales and operating income (loss) for each reportable segment were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	Net Sales		Operating Income (Loss)		Net Sales		Operating Income (Loss)
	(In millions)
July 30, 2023:
Semiconductor Systems	$	4,676	$	1,618	$	14,815	$	5,299
Applied Global Services	1,464		429		4,261		1,226
Display and Adjacent Markets	235		37		570		66
Corporate and Other	50		(282)		148		(908)
Total	$	6,425	$	1,802	$	19,794	$	5,683
July 31, 2022:
Semiconductor Systems	$	4,734	$	1,701	$	13,759	$	5,120
Applied Global Services	1,420		434		4,123		1,259
Display and Adjacent Markets	333		69		1,080		226
Corporate and Other	33		(280)		74		(811)
Total	$	6,520	$	1,924	$	19,036	$	5,794

Semiconductor Systems and Display and Adjacent Markets revenues are recognized at a point in time. Applied Global Services revenue is recognized at a point in time for tangible goods such as spare parts and equipment, and over time for service agreements. The majority of revenue recognized over time is recognized within 12 months of the contract inception.

Net sales by geographic region, determined by the location of customers’ facilities to which products were shipped to, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended										Nine Months Ended
	July 30, 2023				July 31, 2022				Change		July 30, 2023				July 31, 2022				Change
	(In millions, except percentages)
China	$	1,734	27	%	$	1,797	27	%	(4)	%	$	4,284	22	%	$	5,917	31	%	(28)	%
Korea	988		15	%	1,224		19	%	(19)	%	3,864		19	%	3,313		18	%	17	%
Taiwan	1,345		21	%	1,537		24	%	(12)	%	4,748		24	%	4,194		22	%	13	%
Japan	478		8	%	438		7	%	9	%	1,394		7	%	1,406		7	%	(1)	%
Southeast Asia	180		3	%	270		4	%	(33)	%	590		3	%	633		3	%	(7)	%
Asia Pacific	4,725		74	%	5,266		81	%	(10)	%	14,880		75	%	15,463		81	%	(4)	%
United States	1,039		16	%	725		11	%	43	%	3,203		16	%	2,274		12	%	41	%
Europe	661		10	%	529		8	%	25	%	1,711		9	%	1,299		7	%	32	%
Total	$	6,425	100	%	$	6,520	100	%	(1)	%	$	19,794	100	%	$	19,036	100	%	4	%

Net sales for Semiconductor Systems by end use application for the periods indicated were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 30, 2023		July 31, 2022		July 30, 2023		July 31, 2022
Foundry, logic and other	79	%	66	%	80	%	64	%
Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM)	17	%	15	%	14	%	20	%
Flash memory	4	%	19	%	6	%	16	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

The reconciling items included in Corporate and Other were as follows: 

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 30, 2023		July 31, 2022		July 30, 2023		July 31, 2022
	(In millions)
Unallocated net sales	$	50	$	33	$	148	$	74
Unallocated cost of products sold and expenses	(218)		(218)		(681)		(575)
Share-based compensation	(114)		(95)		(375)		(314)
Severance and related charges	—		—		—		4
Total	$	(282)	$	(280)	$	(908)	$	(811)

The following customers accounted for at least 10 percent of our net sales for the nine months ended July 30, 2023, and sales to these customers included products and services from multiple reportable segments.

 

	Percentage of Net Sales
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	22	%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	17	%