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INVENTORY - Note 5 | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Inventory Disclosure |
Inventory - Note 5 | 5. INVENTORY Inventory consists of the following (in thousands):
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018
Raw materials |  | $ | - |  | $ | 32
Finished goods |  |  | 192 |  |  | 1,077
|  | $ | 192 |  | $ | 1,109
As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, $168,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, of materials that are not expected to be consumed during the next twelve months are classified as "other assets" on the balance sheet. We recorded inventory write-downs of $2.2 million in 2019 and $4.4 million in 2018.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 330 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998 + Details
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