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Stock-Based Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31 was as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Cost of revenues |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 45 |
Selling, general and administrative |  |  | 1,176 |  |  |  | 1,942 |  |  |  | 864 |
Research and development |  |  | 275 |  |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | 335 |
Total stock based compensation |  | $ | 1,634 |  |  | $ | 2,450 |  |  | $ | 1,244 |
Weighted-Average Assumptions for Fair Value for Stock Options | The fair value for options awarded for the years shown below was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
|  | Non Performance- based Stock Options |
Vicor: |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.2 | % |  |  | 1.2 | % |  |  | 0.7 | %
Expected dividend yield |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.6 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 52 | % |  |  | 39 | % |  |  | 52 | %
Expected lives (years) |  |  | 6.6 |  |  |  | 4.9 |  |  |  | 4.1 |
VI Chip: |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.3 | % |  |  | 1.6 | % |  |  | 1.2 | %
Expected dividend yield |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Expected volatility |  |  | 41 | % |  |  | 48 | % |  |  | 50 | %
Expected lives (years) |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 6.5 |
Picor: |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.2 | % |  |  | 1.2 | % |  |  | 1.2 | %
Expected dividend yield |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Expected volatility |  |  | 42 | % |  |  | 49 | % |  |  | 50 | %
Expected lives (years) |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 6.5 |
Vicor Plan [Member] |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | A summary of the activity under the 2000 Plan as of December 31, 2014 and changes during the year then ended, is presented below (in thousands except for share and weighted-average data):
|  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding on December 31, 2013 |  |  | 1,989,248 |  |  | $ | 7.71 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 343,650 |  |  | $ | 9.24 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited and expired |  |  | (310,182 | ) |  | $ | 7.83 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (127,041 | ) |  | $ | 6.20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding on December 31, 2014 |  |  | 1,895,675 |  |  | $ | 8.01 |  |  |  | 8.41 |  |  | $ | 7,796 |
Exercisable on December 31, 2014 |  |  | 306,173 |  |  | $ | 6.90 |  |  |  | 7.85 |  |  | $ | 1,642 |
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2014(1) |  |  | 1,707,311 |  |  | $ | 7.97 |  |  |  | 8.42 |  |  | $ | 7,167 |
(1) | In addition to the vested options, the Company expects a portion of the unvested options to vest at some point in the future. The number of options expected to vest is calculated by applying an estimated forfeiture rate to the unvested options.
Picor Plan [Member] |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | A summary of the activity under the 2001 Picor Plan as of December 31, 2014 and changes during the year then ended, is presented below (in thousands except for share and weighted-average data):
|  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding on December 31, 2013 |  |  | 9,404,367 |  |  | $ | 0.66 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 1,150,400 |  |  | $ | 0.41 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited and expired |  |  | (684,700 | ) |  | $ | 0.73 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding on December 31, 2014 |  |  | 9,870,067 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  |  | 5.89 |  |  | $ | — |
Exercisable on December 31, 2014 |  |  | 6,643,377 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |  |  |  | 5.08 |  |  | $ | — |
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2014(1) |  |  | 9,749,482 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  |  | 5.86 |  |  | $ | — |
(1) | In addition to the vested options, the Company expects a portion of the unvested options to vest at some point in the future. Options expected to vest is calculated by applying an estimated forfeiture rate to the unvested options.
Vi Chip Plan [Member] |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense | A summary of the activity under the 2007 VI Chip Plan as of December 31, 2014 and changes during the year then ended, is presented below (in thousands except for share and weighted-average data):
|  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding on December 31, 2013 |  |  | 10,744,250 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 117,500 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited and expired |  |  | (146,750 | ) |  | $ | 1.01 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding on December 31, 2014 (1) |  |  | 10,715,000 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  |  | 3.83 |  |  | $ | — |
Exercisable on December 31, 2014 |  |  | 7,377,950 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  |  | 2.64 |  |  | $ | — |
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2014(2) |  |  | 10,423,793 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |  |  |  | 3.75 |  |  | $ | — |
(1) | Of the total VI Chip options outstanding on December 31, 2014, 5,500,000 options had been granted to Dr. Vinciarelli, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
(2) | In addition to the vested options, the Company expects a portion of the unvested options to vest at some point in the future. Options expected to vest is calculated by applying an estimated forfeiture rate to the unvested options.

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