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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets |
Schedule of changes in goodwill |
|  | Gross carrying |  | Accumulated |  |
|  | amount |  | impairment |  | Net amount
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 238,108 |  | $ | 123,200 |  | $ | 114,908
Acquisition |  |  | 192,223 |  |  | — |  |  | 192,223
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  |  | 430,331 |  |  | 123,200 |  |  | 307,131
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  | 122,829 |  |  | (122,829)
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 430,331 |  | $ | 246,029 |  | $ | 184,302
Schedule of intangible assets excluding goodwill |
|  |  |  | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
|  | Weighted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Average |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |
|  | Remaining |  | Gross |  | Amortization |  |  |  | Gross |  | Amortization |  |
|  | Amortization |  | Carrying |  | and |  | Net |  | Carrying |  | and |  | Net
|  | Period |  | Amount |  | Impairment |  | Amount |  | Amount |  | Impairment |  | Amount
|  | (in years) |  | (in thousands)
Technology |  | 6.4 |  | $ | 337,218 |  | $ | 290,808 |  | $ | 46,410 |  | $ | 307,588 |  | $ | 133,121 |  | $ | 174,467
Customer relationships |  | 10.2 |  |  | 164,595 |  |  | 136,126 |  |  | 28,469 |  |  | 164,595 |  |  | 39,336 |  |  | 125,259
In-process R&D |  | — |  |  | 13,710 |  |  | 10,530 |  |  | 3,180 |  |  | 43,340 |  |  | — |  |  | 43,340
Trademarks and tradenames |  | 5.4 |  |  | 30,910 |  |  | 23,899 |  |  | 7,011 |  |  | 30,910 |  |  | 4,321 |  |  | 26,589
Other |  | 1.3 |  |  | 3,686 |  |  | 3,607 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 3,686 |  |  | 3,498 |  |  | 188
Total |  | 7.3 |  | $ | 550,119 |  | $ | 464,970 |  | $ | 85,149 |  | $ | 550,119 |  | $ | 180,276 |  | $ | 369,843
Schedule of estimated annual amortization expense, excluding in-process R&D for intangible assets with definite useful lives |
|  | Amortization
|  | (in thousands)
2019 |  | $ | 16,820
2020 |  |  | 15,894
2021 |  |  | 12,772
2022 |  |  | 10,438
2023 |  |  | 8,675
Thereafter |  |  | 17,370
Total |  | $ | 81,969

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