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Silicom Ltd. – ‘6-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/18/24, at 8:03am ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1178913-24-970   ·   File #:  0-23288

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/18/24  Silicom Ltd.                      6-K        12/31/23   90:9.3M                                   Z-K Global Ltd./FA

Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign Issuer   —   Form 6-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 6-K         Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign    HTML     35K 
                Issuer                                                           
 2: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit_99-1               HTML   1.63M 
 3: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit_99-2               HTML     71K 
 4: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit_99-3               HTML     24K 
 5: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit_99-4               HTML     25K 
11: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    125K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     36K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    106K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes In               HTML     78K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    125K 
17: R7          General                                             HTML     29K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    129K 
19: R9          Cash and Cash Equivalents                           HTML     37K 
20: R10         Marketable Securities                               HTML     97K 
21: R11         Other Receivables                                   HTML     38K 
22: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     37K 
23: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     44K 
24: R14         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     51K 
25: R15         Other accounts payable and accrued expenses         HTML     38K 
26: R16         Leases                                              HTML     79K 
27: R17         Assets Held and Liability for Employees' Severance  HTML     36K 
                Benefits                                                         
28: R18         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    236K 
29: R19         Geographic areas and major customers                HTML     73K 
30: R20         Financial Income (Expenses), Net                    HTML     42K 
31: R21         Taxes on Income                                     HTML    187K 
32: R22         Goodwill                                            HTML     29K 
33: R23         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
34: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    187K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     68K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R26         Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables)                  HTML     35K 
37: R27         Marketable Securities (Tables)                      HTML    101K 
38: R28         Other Receivables (Tables)                          HTML     37K 
39: R29         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     36K 
40: R30         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)         HTML     42K 
41: R31         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     50K 
42: R32         Other accounts payable and accrued expenses         HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R33         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     84K 
44: R34         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    206K 
45: R35         Geographic areas and major customers (Tables)       HTML     70K 
46: R36         Financial Income (Expenses), Net (Tables)           HTML     40K 
47: R37         Taxes on Income (Tables)                            HTML    160K 
48: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     51K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
49: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment)                  
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     61K 
                (Computation of Basic and Diluted Income Per                     
                Ordinary Share) (Details)                                        
51: R41         Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details)                 HTML     36K 
52: R42         Marketable Securities (Held-To-Maturity             HTML     52K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
53: R43         Marketable Securities (Schedule of Reconciliation   HTML     35K 
                of Marketable Securities) (Details)                              
54: R44         Marketable Securities (Summary of Investment        HTML     38K 
                Securities in an Unrealized Loss Position)                       
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Other Receivables (Details)                         HTML     34K 
56: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     33K 
57: R47         Inventories (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     26K 
58: R48         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)        HTML     43K 
59: R49         Intangible Assets (Schedule of net Intangible       HTML     48K 
                Assets) (Details)                                                
60: R50         Other accounts payable and accrued expenses         HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Leases (Schedule of Operating Lease Cost)           HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Leases (Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow          HTML     32K 
                Information Operating Lease) (Details)                           
63: R53         Leases (Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet      HTML     37K 
                Information Operating Lease) (Details)                           
64: R54         Leases (Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments)  HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Assets Held and Liability for Employees' Severance  HTML     27K 
                Benefits (Details)                                               
66: R56         Shareholders' Equity (Share Option Plan) (Details)  HTML     47K 
67: R57         Shareholders' Equity (RSUs Granted in 2017 and      HTML     43K 
                2020) (Narrative) (Details)                                      
68: R58         Shareholders' Equity (Stock Options Granted in      HTML     77K 
                2017 and 202020) (Narrative) (Details)                           
69: R59         Shareholders' Equity (Fair Value Assumptions)       HTML     82K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R60         Shareholders' Equity (Stock Option Summary)         HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Shareholders' Equity (Intrinsic Value of Stock      HTML     31K 
                Options) (Narrative) (Details)                                   
72: R62         Shareholders' Equity (Stock Option Activity)        HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R63         Shareholders' Equity (Schedule Of Restricted Share  HTML     47K 
                Units Activity) (Details)                                        
74: R64         Shareholders' Equity (Intrinsic Value of            HTML     36K 
                Restricted Share Units) (Narrative) (Details)                    
75: R65         Shareholders' Equity (Summary of Allocation of      HTML     52K 
                Stock-Based Compensation Expenses) (Details)                     
76: R66         Geographic areas and major customers (Sales By      HTML     44K 
                Geographic Region) (Details)                                     
77: R67         Geographic areas and major customers (Sales to      HTML     38K 
                Single Customers Exceeding 10% of Sales) (Details)               
78: R68         Geographic areas and major customers (Schedule of   HTML     33K 
                Locations of Company's Long Lived Assets)                        
                (Details)                                                        
79: R69         Financial Income (Expenses), Net (Details)          HTML     33K 
80: R70         Taxes on Income (Narrative) (Details)               HTML     68K 
81: R71         Taxes on Income (Income Before Income Taxes and     HTML     62K 
                Income Taxes Expense (Benefit) Included in the                   
                Consolidated Statements of Operations) (Details)                 
82: R72         Taxes on Income (Deferred Tax Assets and            HTML     68K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
83: R73         Taxes on Income (Reconciliation of Statutory Tax    HTML     48K 
                Expense To Actual Tax Expense) (Details)                         
84: R74         Goodwill (Narrative) (Details)                      HTML     29K 
85: R75         Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     33K 
87: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    170K 
90: XML         XBRL Instance -- zk2431121_htm                       XML   2.40M 
86: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    150K 
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 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- silc-20231231_lab                     XML   1.79M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- silc-20231231_pre              XML    905K 
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88: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              497±   709K 
89: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001178913-24-000970-xbrl      Zip    276K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — silc-20231231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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