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Severance Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract] |
A Summary of Activity Related to Severance Charges | A summary of the activity related to the severance charges, by segment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | BBU |  |  | VI Chip |  |  | Total |
Balance as of December 31, 2012 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Charges |  |  | 1,123 |  |  |  | 238 |  |  |  | 1,361 |
Payments |  |  | (201 | ) |  |  | (81 | ) |  |  | (282 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2013 |  |  | 922 |  |  |  | 157 |  |  |  | 1,079 |
Payments |  |  | (417 | ) |  |  | (51 | ) |  |  | (468 | )
Balance as of June 30, 2013 |  |  | 505 |  |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 611 |
Payments |  |  | (268 | ) |  |  | (94 | ) |  |  | (362 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 249 |

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