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Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Identifiable Intangible Assets |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology |  | $ | 14,198 |  |  | $ | 14,198 |
Customer relationships |  | 23,000 |  |  | — |
Gross carrying amount |  | 37,198 |  |  | 14,198 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |
Patents and purchased technology |  | (6,661 | ) |  | (5,331 | )
Customer relationships |  | (2,227 | ) |  | — |
Accumulated amortization |  | (8,888 | ) |  | (5,331 | )
Net carrying amount |  | 28,310 |  |  | 8,867 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  | 115,421 |  |  | 27,421 |
Intangible assets, net |  | $ | 143,731 |  |  | $ | 36,288 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable intangibles assets, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization and intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill, in total and by major class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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