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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies |
Schedule of changes in warranty reserves |
|  |  |  | December 31, |
|  |  |  | 2015 |  |  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance, beginning of the year |  | $ | 5,411 |  | $ | 5,662 |  | $ | 4,942 |
Addition for new warranties issued |  | 7,873 |  | 3,484 |  | 5,291 |
Addition from PSP acquisition |  | — |  | 809 |  | — |
Settlements |  | (3,551 | ) | (3,802 | ) | (5,580 | )
Changes in estimate |  | (1,574 | ) | (742 | ) | 1,009 |
Balance, end of the year |  | $ | 8,159 |  | $ | 5,411 |  | $ | 5,662 |
Schedule of minimum lease commitments for property and equipment under operating lease agreements | Minimum lease commitments at December 31, 2015 for property and equipment under operating lease agreements (exclusive of renewal options) are payable as follows:
|  | Operating |
|  | Leases |
Payments due by period: |  | (in thousands) |
2016 |  | $ | 2,154 |
2017 |  | 1,677 |
2018 |  | 1,011 |
2019 |  | 529 |
2020 |  | 534 |
Thereafter |  | 2,169 |
Total |  | $ | 8,074 |
Schedule of customers who accounted for more than 10% of our aggregate accounts receivable or net sales |
|  | Accounts Receivable |  | Net Sales
|  | Year ended December 31, |  | For the Year Ended December 31,
Customer |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer A |  | * |  | * |  | * |  | 15% |  | *
Customer B |  | * |  | 20% |  | * |  | 11% |  | 14%
Customer C |  | 23% |  | 13% |  | * |  | * |  | *
Customer D |  | * |  | * |  | 20% |  | * |  | *
Customer E |  | * |  | * |  | 12% |  | * |  | *
* Less than 10% of aggregate accounts receivable or net sales
Schedule of net accounts receivable balance by geographic location |
|  | December 31,
|  |  | 2015 |  |  |  | 2014 |
|  |  | (in thousands) |
United States |  |  | $ | 14,471 |  |  |  | $ | 13,139 |
China |  |  | 10,629 |  |  |  | 17,911 |
EMEA(1) |  |  | 7,766 |  |  |  | 4,760 |
Rest of World |  |  | 16,658 |  |  |  | 24,275 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 49,524 |  |  |  | $ | 60,085 |
(1) Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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