Note 19 — Segments

 

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for detailing the Company’s business segments.

 

The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer, who reviews the financial information of the separate operating segments when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing the performance of the group. The Company has determined that it has two operating segments: (1) central processing algorithm services and (2) intelligent chips and services.

 

The following tables present summary information by segment for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022:

 

                       
   

Central

processing

algorithm

services

   

Intelligent

chips and

services

   

Total for the

year ended

December 31,
2021

 
Revenues   $ 42,321,966     $ 39,713,323     $ 82,035,289  
Cost of revenues   $ 15,016,980     $ 33,901,432     $ 48,918,412  
Gross profit   $ 27,304,986     $ 5,811,891     $ 33,116,877  
Depreciation and amortization   $ 379,642     $ 1,108,263     $ 1,487,905  
Total capital expenditures   $ -     $ 36,010     $ 36,010  

 

   

Central

Processing

algorithm

services

   

Intelligent

chips and

services

   

Total for the
year ended

December 31,

2022

 
Revenues   $ 66,578,301     $ 20,553,929     $ 87,132,230  
Cost of revenues   $ 48,206,832     $ 19,973,507     $ 68,180,339  
Gross profit   $ 18,371,469     $ 580,422     $ 18,951,891  
Depreciation and amortization   $ 253,721     $ 1,120,961     $ 1,374,682  
Total capital expenditures   $ 160,924     $ -     $ 160,924  

 

Total assets as of:

 

   

December 31,

2021

   

December 31,

2022

 
Central processing algorithm services   $ 59,940,271     $ 47,787,032  
Intelligent chips and services     21,671,581       24,299,702  
Total assets   $ 81,611,852     $ 72,086,734  

 

The Company’s operations are primarily based in the mainland PRC and international, where the Company derives a substantial portion of their revenues. Management also review consolidated financial results by business locations. Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic locations are as follows:

 

               
    Total for the
year ended
December 31,
2021
    Total for the
year ended
December 31,
2022
 
Mainland PRC revenues   $ 42,372,826     $ 66,751,637  
Hong Kong revenues     5,393,844       -  
International revenues     34,268,619       20,380,593  
Total revenues   $ 82,035,289     $ 87,132,230  

 

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.