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Legal Proceedings - Additional Information (Details) | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2015 plaintiff claim | Apr. 15, 2015 $ / shares | Mar. 26, 2015 $ / shares | Mar. 25, 2015 $ / shares
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff | 2 |  |  |
New claims filed, number | 3 |  |  |
Loss contingency, pending claims, number | 2 |  |  |
Artificial Inflation in the price publicly traded common stock | SanDisk | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Share Price | $ / shares |  | $ 1.35 | $ 2.26 | $ 9.04

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