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Description of Business, Including Segment and Geographic Area Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Description of business, including segment and geographic area information Description of business, including segment and geographic area information
We design and manufacture semiconductors that we sell to electronics designers and manufacturers all over the world. We have two reportable segments, Analog and Embedded Processing, each of which represents groups of similar products that are combined on the basis of similar design and development requirements, product characteristics, manufacturing processes and distribution channels. Our segments also reflect how management allocates resources and measures results.
Analog semiconductors change real-world signals, such as sound, temperature, pressure or images, by conditioning them, amplifying them and often converting them to a stream of digital data that can be processed by other semiconductors, such as embedded processors. Analog semiconductors are also used to manage power in all electronic equipment by converting, distributing, storing, discharging, isolating and measuring electrical energy, whether the equipment is plugged into a wall or using a battery. Our Analog segment consists of two major product lines: Power and Signal Chain.
Embedded Processing products are the digital “brains” of many types of electronic equipment. They are designed to handle specific tasks and can be optimized for various combinations of performance, power and cost, depending on the application.
We report the results of our remaining business activities in Other. Other includes operating segments that do not meet the quantitative thresholds for individually reportable segments and cannot be aggregated with other operating segments. Other includes DLP® products, calculators and custom ASIC products.
In Other, we also include items that are not used in evaluating the results of or in allocating resources to our segments. Examples of these items include acquisition, integration and restructuring charges (see Note 11); and certain corporate-level items, such as litigation expenses, environmental costs, insurance settlements, and gains and losses from other activities, including asset dispositions. We allocate the remainder of our expenses associated with corporate activities to our operating segments based on specific methodologies, such as percentage of operating expenses or headcount.
Our centralized manufacturing and support organizations, such as facilities, procurement and logistics, provide support to our operating segments, including those in Other. Costs incurred by these organizations, including depreciation, are charged to the segments on a per-unit basis. Consequently, depreciation expense is not an independently identifiable component within the segments’ results and, therefore, is not provided.
With the exception of goodwill, we do not identify or allocate assets by operating segment, nor does the chief operating decision maker evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information. We have no material intersegment revenue. The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described in the summary of significant accounting policies and practices.
Segment information
For Years Ended December 31,
202220212020
Revenue:
Analog$15,359 $14,050 $10,886 
Embedded Processing3,261 3,049 2,570 
Other1,408 1,245 1,005 
Total revenue$20,028 $18,344 $14,461 
Operating profit:
Analog$8,359 $7,393 $4,912 
Embedded Processing1,253 1,174 743 
Other528 393 239 
Total operating profit$10,140 $8,960 $5,894 
Geographic area information
The following geographic information is based on product shipment destination, which does not reflect end demand by geography.
For Years Ended December 31,
202220212020
Revenue:
United States$2,267 11 %$1,906 10 %$1,547 11 %
China (a)9,844 49 9,998 55 7,881 54 
Rest of Asia2,633 13 2,187 12 1,660 11 
Europe, Middle East and Africa3,520 18 2,802 15 2,249 16 
Japan1,172 6 959 734 
Rest of world592 3 492 390 
Total revenue$20,028 100 %$18,344 100 %$14,461 100 %
(a)Revenue from products shipped into China includes shipments to customers that manufacture in China and then export end products to their customers around the world, as well as distributors that transship inventory through China to service other countries.
The following additional geographic information includes our estimate for revenue based on the location of our end customers’ headquarters, providing a better representation of the geographic profile for where critical decisions are made.
For Years Ended December 31,
202220212020
Revenue:
United States$6,609 33 %$6,237 34 %$5,205 36 %
China4,807 24 4,586 25 3,326 23 
Rest of Asia2,003 10 2,018 11 1,591 11 
Europe, Middle East and Africa (a)4,807 24 3,852 21 3,037 21 
Japan1,602 8 1,468 1,157 
Rest of world200 1 183 145 
Total revenue$20,028 100 %$18,344 100 %$14,461 100 %
(a)Revenue from end customers headquartered in Germany was 11%, 9% and 9% of total revenue in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Property, plant and equipment by geographic area, based on physical location:
December 31,
20222021
Property, plant and equipment:
United States$5,134 $3,648 
China648 570 
Rest of Asia896 722 
Europe, Middle East and Africa44 47 
Japan121 139 
Rest of world33 15 
Total property, plant and equipment$6,876 $5,141 
Major customer
One of our end customers accounted for 8%, 9% and 10% of revenue in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, recognized primarily in our Analog segment. No end customer accounted for 10% or more of revenue in 2022 or 2021.