SEGMENT REPORTING
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
SEGMENT REPORTING [Abstract]  
SEGMENT REPORTING
18. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

Based on the criteria established by ASC 280, Segment Reporting, the Company has determined that the business segments that constitute its primary reporting segments are video processor and video surveillance solution by the chief operating decision maker, the Chief Operating Officer, in accordance with the Group's organization and internal financial reporting structure. As no measures of assets by segment are reported and used by the chief operating decision maker, the Group has not made disclosure of total assets by reportable segment.

 

Summarized information by business segments for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 is as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2012
Video
processor
business
Video
surveillance
solution
business
    Intersegment
elimination*
    Consolidated  
               
               
Revenue     53,435       17,760       (8 )     71,187  
Cost of revenue     (30,603 )     (14,551 )     8       (45,146 )
Gross profit     22,832       3,209             26,041  
Unallocated operating expenses                             (31,747 )
Unallocated non-operating income, net                             1,856  
Loss before income taxes                             (3,850 )


The revenue of Video processor business and Video surveillance solution business from external customers amounted to $53,435 and $16,896, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

*
The intersegment eliminations represented products sold between Vimicro Tianjin and Vimicro China in the year ended December 31, 2012. Video surveillance solution business segment revenues have been impacted by intersegment transactions that are eliminated in consolidation.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2013
Video
processor
business
  Video
surveillance
solution
business
    Intersegment
Elimination**
    Consolidated  
                 
Revenue 22,078       43,791       (1,344 )     64,525  
Cost of revenue     (14,242 )     (29,243 )     1,344       (42,141 )
Gross profit     7,836       14,548             22,384  
Unallocated operating expenses                             (33,258 )
Unallocated non-operating income, net                             1,445  
Loss before income taxes expense                             (9,429 )

 

The revenue of Video processor business and Video surveillance solution business from external customers amounted to $20,735 and $21,654, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

**
The intersegment eliminations represented products sold between Vimicro Tianjin and Vimicro China in the year ended December 31, 2013. Video processor business and video surveillance solution business segment revenues have been impacted by intersegment transactions that are eliminated in consolidation.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2014
Video
processor
business
  Video
surveillance
solution
business
    Intersegment
Elimination***
    Consolidated  
                 
Revenue 16,905       85,084       (1,546 )     100,443  
Cost of revenue     (7,966 )     (54,933 )     1,546       (61,353 )
Gross profit     8,939       30,151             39,090  
Unallocated operating expenses                             (33,862 )
Unallocated non-operating income, net                             1,894  
Loss before income taxes expense                             7,122  

 

The revenue of Video processor business and Video surveillance solution business from external customers amounted to $15,359 and $28,845, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

***
The intersegment eliminations represented products sold between Vimicro Tianjin and Vimicro China in the year ended December 31, 2014. Video processor business and video surveillance solution business segment revenues have been impacted by intersegment transactions that are eliminated in consolidation.


The revenue presented below is attributed by country of domicile of the entity that recorded the revenue:

 

Years Ended December 31
2012   2013     2014  
Revenue distribution                  
Mainland China 18,186       44,115       84,978  
Hong Kong     53,001       20,410       15,465  
      71,187       64,525       100,443  

 

The following table summarizes information regarding the distribution of long-lived assets by geographic region:

 

As of December 31
2013   2014  
Long-lived assets          
Mainland China 47,300       70,350  
Hong Kong     1,058       1,864  
U.S.A.     133       115  
      48,491       72,329  

 

The following table summarizes the Group's revenues for each product class for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively:

 

Years Ended December 31
2012   2013     2014  
Video processor business segment:                  
PC camera processor 53,011       20,401       14,719  
Surveillance processor     -       1,670       2,186  
Other products     424       7       -  
Sub-total     53,435       22,078       16,905  
Video surveillance solutions business segment:     17,760       43,791       85,084  
Intersegment elimination     (8 )     (1,344 )     (1,546 )
Total multimedia business     71,187       64,525       100,443