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Note 3 Balance Sheet and Income Statement Details | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Balance Sheet and Income Statement Details [Abstract] |
Additional Financial Information Disclosure [Text Block] | Balance Sheet and Income Statement Details Inventories Components of inventories were as follows:
| As of
| September 30, 2017 |  | October 1, 2016
| (In thousands)
Raw materials | $ | 834,694 |  |  | $ | 671,240 |
Work-in-process | 106,914 |  |  | 144,355 |
Finished goods | 110,061 |  |  | 130,644 |
Total | $ | 1,051,669 |  |  | $ | 946,239 |
Property, Plant and Equipment, net Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
| As of
| September 30, 2017 |  | October 1, 2016
| (In thousands)
Machinery and equipment | $ | 1,452,648 |  |  | $ | 1,401,745 |
Land and buildings | 607,701 |  |  | 601,468 |
Leasehold improvements | 55,688 |  |  | 53,999 |
Furniture and fixtures | 22,989 |  |  | 21,834 |
Construction in progress | 37,864 |  |  | 34,415 |
| 2,176,890 |  |  | 2,113,461 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization | (1,536,615 | ) |  | (1,495,937 | )
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 640,275 |  |  | $ | 617,524 |
Depreciation expense was $111.5 million, $104.5 million and $96.1 million for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Net carrying values of goodwill and other intangible assets were as follows:
| As of
| September 30, 2017 |  | October 1, 2016
| (In thousands)
Goodwill - beginning of year | $ | 59,126 |  |  | $ | 26,617 |
Additions | — |  |  | 32,509 |
Goodwill - end of year | 59,126 |  |  | 59,126 |
Intangible assets - beginning of year | $ | 16,498 |  |  | $ | 16,588 |
Additions | — |  |  | 7,330 |
Amortization | (7,280 | ) |  | (7,420 | )
Intangible assets - end of year | $ | 9,218 |  |  | $ | 16,498 |
Intangible assets have useful lives ranging from one to five years. Other Operating Expenses Other operating expenses consisted of the following:
| Year Ended
| September 30, 2017 |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015
| (In thousands)
Restructuring | $ | 1,339 |  |  | $ | 2,701 |  |  | $ | 13,683 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 3,672 |  |  | 3,446 |  |  | 2,054 |
Asset impairment | 4,600 |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | 3,454 |
Gain on sale of long-lived assets | (1,451 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,807 | )
| $ | 8,160 |  |  | $ | 7,147 |  |  | $ | 8,384 |
Other Income, net The following table summarizes the major components of other income, net (in thousand):
| Year ended
| September 30, 2017 |  | October 1, 2016 |  | October 3, 2015
Foreign exchange gains / (losses) | $ | 4,709 |  |  | $ | (415 | ) |  | $ | 681 |
Bargain purchase gain, net of tax | — |  |  | 1,642 |  |  | — |
Other, net | 2,973 |  |  | 2,836 |  |  | 86 |
Total | $ | 7,682 |  |  | $ | 4,063 |  |  | $ | 767 |

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