2.2.0.25falsefalse006170 - Disclosure - Industry Segment, Geographic, Custom and Supplier Informationtruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse3/1/2010 - 2/28/2011 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $c20100301to20110228http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000093384duration2010-03-01T00:00:002011-02-28T00:00:00U001Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170U002Dividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0smsc_IndustrySegmentGeographicCustomAndSupplierInformationAbstractsmscfalsenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseIndustry Segment, Geographic, Custom and Supplier Information [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabel1falsefalsefalse00<div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">17. INDUSTRY SEGMENT, GEOGRAPHIC, CUSTOMER AND SUPPLIER INFORMATION</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Industry Segment</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Given the Company's focus on developing products that can address multiple end markets, market demand for products that contain more than one element of SMSC's technology solutions and the impact that these trends have had on the management of the Company's business and internal reporting, the Company has concluded that it operates and reports as a single business segment - the design, development, and marketing of semiconductor integrated circuits.</font></font></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Sales and Revenues by Geographic Region</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Company's sales by country are based upon the geographic location of the customers who purchase the Company's products. For product sales to electronic component distributors, their countries may be different from those of the end customers. The information below summarizes sales and revenues to unaffiliated customers by country <font style="font-style: normal; display: inline;">(<font style="font-style: italic;">in thousands</font>)</font> :</font></font></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">For the Fiscal Years Ended February 28,</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2011</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2010</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2009</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">China</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">98,159</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">82,593</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">65,187</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">Taiwan</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">88,343</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">75,548</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">94,163</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">Japan</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">73,588</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">47,055</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">50,963</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">United States</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">33,853</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">21,665</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">28,791</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">Germany</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">28,197</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">20,852</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">28,207</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal;">Other</font></font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">87,339</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">60,065</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">58,185</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%" style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: -9pt; display: block; margin-left: 9pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">409,479</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">307,778</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">325,496</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Significant Customers</font></font></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">From period to period, several key customers account for a significant portion of the Company's sales and revenues. Sales and revenues from significant customers, stated as percentages of total sales and revenues, are summarized as follows:</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">For Fiscal Years Ended February 28,</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2011</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2010</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2009</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Avnet Asia                                                                      </font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">16</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">%</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">12</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">%</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">*</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="54%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Yosun Industrial and Sertek                                                                      </font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">*</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">*</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">17</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">%</font></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 45pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">*    Less than 10%</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 45pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Yosun is a former distributor of SMSC products in Asia that resells the company's product to many different end users. In March 2007, Yosun Industrial acquired Sertek, another former distributor of the Company's products. Sales to Yosun and Sertek have been combined for all periods presented above. As part of an ongoing strategic realignment of its sales and distribution channels. SMSC terminated its relationship with Sertek and Yosun in October, 2008 and December, 2009, respectively The business formerly conducted through Sertek and Yosun has been redirected to a mix of new and existing SMSC distributors and direct customers. See Part I Item 1.A. - <font style="font-style: italic; display: inline;">Risk Factors - Shipments to ODMs and Other Integrators</font> for further discussion.</font></font></div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Company's contracting sales counterparty may vary as a result of the manner in which it goes to market, the structure of the semiconductor market, industry consolidation and customer preferences. In many cases the Company's products will be designed into an end product by an OEM customer who will then contract to have the product manufactured by an ODM. In such cases, the Company will sell its products directly to the selected ODM, who becomes the Company's contracting counterparty for the sale. In other cases, the OEM or ODM may design the product and be the contracting counterparty. In some cases the Company or the ODM may wish to have a distributor as the direct sales counterparty. As a result of changing relationships and shifting market practices and preferences, the mix of customers can change from period to period and over time.</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Region</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Company's net property, plant and equipment by geographic area consists of the following <font style="font-style: normal; display: inline;">(<font style="font-style: italic;">in thousands</font>)</font>:</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%" style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="66%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">As of February 28</font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2011</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;"><div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">2010</font></div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="66%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">United States and Canada                                                                                 </font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">58,601</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">61,258</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="66%"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Germany                                                                                 </font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">2,153</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">1,136</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="66%" style="padding-bottom: 2px;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">Japan and Other Asia Pacific                                                                                 </font></div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">6,628</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 2px solid; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">4,408</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="white"><td align="left" valign="bottom" width="66%" style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">67,382</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: right; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td><td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: left;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">$</font></td><td valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black 4px double; text-align: right;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">66,802</font></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;"> </font></td></tr></table></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Significant Suppliers</font></font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 18pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"><font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;">The Company does not operate a wafer fabrication facility. Three independent semiconductor wafer foundries in Asia currently supply substantially all of the Company's devices in current production. In addition, substantially all of the Company's products are assembled and tested by several independent subcontractors in Asia.</font></font></div></div>17. INDUSTRY SEGMENT, GEOGRAPHIC, CUSTOMER AND SUPPLIER INFORMATION Industry Segment Given the Company's focus on developing products that canfalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringThis element may be used to capture the complete disclosure of reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10% or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 falsefalseIndustry Segment, Geographic, Custom and Supplier Information [Text Block]12Industry Segment, Geographic, Custom and Supplier InformationUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue