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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of income before income tax | Income before taxes consisted of the following:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Domestic | $ | 38,211 |  |  | $ | 58,498 |  |  | $ | 49,173 |
Foreign | (15,574 | ) |  | 1,733 |  |  | 1,077 |
| $ | 22,637 |  |  | $ | 60,231 |  |  | $ | 50,250 |
Components of provision for (benefit from) income taxes | The provision for (benefit from) income taxes is comprised of:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Federal: |  |  |  |  |
Current | $ | 22,115 |  |  | $ | 20,497 |  |  | $ | 19,386 |
Deferred | (2,198 | ) |  | (170,798 | ) |  | 2,337 |
State: |  |  |  |  |
Current | 884 |  |  | 609 |  |  | 713 |
Deferred | (271 | ) |  | (1,933 | ) |  | — |
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |
Current | 1,275 |  |  | 443 |  |  | 1,640 |
Deferred | (5,988 | ) |  | 25 |  |  | (27 | )
| $ | 15,817 |  |  | $ | (151,157 | ) |  | $ | 24,049 |
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation | The differences between Rambus’ effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory regular tax rate are as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Expense at U.S. federal statutory rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Expense (benefit) at state statutory rate | 1.8 |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  | 1.0 |
Withholding tax | 97.0 |  |  | 34.1 |  |  | 38.6 |
Foreign rate differential | 4.1 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 2.5 |
Research and development (“R&D”) credit | (8.3 | ) |  | (2.3 | ) |  | (6.1 | )
Executive compensation | 1.5 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.2 |
Stock-based compensation | 34.8 |  |  | 5.3 |  |  | 1.4 |
Foreign tax credit | (97.0 | ) |  | (34.1 | ) |  | (38.7 | )
Other | 1.0 |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  | 0.6 |
Valuation allowance | — |  |  | (287.8 | ) |  | 13.4 |
| 69.9 | % |  | (251.0 | )% |  | 47.9 | %
Components of the net deferred tax assets | The components of the net deferred tax assets are as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (In thousands)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 22,174 |  |  | $ | 30,019 |
Other liabilities and reserves | 12,442 |  | 7,227
Deferred equity compensation | 17,426 |  | 23,176
Net operating loss carryovers | 11,439 |  | 11,746
Tax credits | 120,660 |  | 117,078
Total gross deferred tax assets | 184,141 |  |  | 189,246 |
Convertible debt | (3,870) |  | (6,044)
Total net deferred tax assets | 180,271 |  |  | 183,202 |
Valuation allowance | (23,529 | ) |  | (20,717 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 156,742 |  |  | $ | 162,485 |
| As of December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (In thousands)
Reported as: |  |  |
Non-current deferred tax assets | $ | 168,342 |  |  | $ | 162,485 |
Non-current deferred tax liabilities | (11,600 | ) |  | — |
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 156,742 |  |  | $ | 162,485 |
Summary of valuation allowance | The following table presents the tax valuation allowance information for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged (Credited) to Operations |  | Charged to Other Account* |  | Valuation Allowance Release |  | Balance at End of Period
Tax Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2014 | $ | 192,823 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,051 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 193,874 |
Year ended December 31, 2015 | $ | 193,874 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,299 |  |  | (174,456 | ) |  | $ | 20,717 |
Year ended December 31, 2016 | $ | 20,717 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,812 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 23,529 |
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* | Amounts not charged to operations are charged to other comprehensive income or deferred tax assets (liabilities).
Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Balance at January 1 | $ | 20,836 |  |  | $ | 19,903 |  |  | $ | 18,794 |
Tax positions related to current year: |  |  |  |  |
Additions | 1,225 |  |  | 1,186 |  |  | 1,134 |
Tax positions related to prior years: |  |  |  |  |
Additions | 256 |  |  | — |  |  | 531 |
Reductions | (171 | ) |  | (35 | ) |  | (556 | )
Settlements | (221 | ) |  | (218 | ) |  | — |
Balance at December 31 | $ | 21,925 |  |  | $ | 20,836 |  |  | $ | 19,903 |

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