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Inventory - Note 4 | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Inventory Disclosure |
Inventory - Note 4 | 4. INVENTORY Inventory consists of the following (in thousands):
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015
Raw materials |  | $ | 999 |  | $ | 232
Finished goods |  |  | 234 |  |  | 630
|  | $ | 1,233 |  | $ | 862
We recorded inventory write-downs of $187,000 in 2016, $287,000 in 2015, and $42,000 in 2014. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, we recorded aggregate write-downs of $6.6 million and $6.9 million, respectively, offsetting inventory on-hand deemed to be obsolete or scrap inventory. We may enter into arrangements to sell the obsolete or scrap inventory resulting in a gain in the period such transactions are realized.

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