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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 26, 2011
Summary of Outstanding Option Awards |
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted- Average Exercise price |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  |  | Total Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding at June 27, 2010 |  |  | 5,638 |  |  | $ | 31.23 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 2,374 |  |  |  | 55.23 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (1,244 | ) |  |  | 27.64 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or expired |  |  | (301 | ) |  |  | 56.39 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at June 26, 2011 |  |  | 6,467 |  |  | $ | 39.56 |  |  |  | 4.88 |  |  | $ | 21,341 |
Vested and expected to vest at June 26, 2011 |  |  | 6,348 |  |  | $ | 39.34 |  |  |  | 4.86 |  |  | $ | 21,318 |
Exercisable at June 26, 2011 |  |  | 2,093 |  |  | $ | 28.52 |  |  |  | 3.50 |  |  | $ | 14,637 |
Summary of Stock Options Outstanding and Exercisable |
|  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Options Exercisable |
Range of Exercise Price |  | Number |  |  | Wgtd. Avg. Remaining Contractual Life (Years) |  |  | Wgtd. Avg. Exercise Price |  |  | Number |  |  | Wgtd. Avg. Exercise Price |
$ 0.01 to $25.47 |  |  | 1,388 |  |  |  | 3.55 |  |  | $ | 21.52 |  |  |  | 848 |  |  | $ | 20.82 |
25.53 to 35.35 |  |  | 904 |  |  |  | 3.02 |  |  |  | 29.46 |  |  |  | 696 |  |  |  | 28.95 |
35.89 to 35.89 |  |  | 1,674 |  |  |  | 5.15 |  |  |  | 35.89 |  |  |  | 447 |  |  |  | 35.89 |
37.57 to 55.30 |  |  | 2,227 |  |  |  | 6.15 |  |  |  | 54.29 |  |  |  | 48 |  |  |  | 46.29 |
55.30 to 75.55 |  |  | 274 |  |  |  | 5.86 |  |  |  | 66.99 |  |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 67.10 |
Total |  |  | 6,467 |  |  |  | 4.88 |  |  | $ | 39.56 |  |  |  | 2,093 |  |  | $ | 28.52 |
Schedule of Other Information Pertaining to Stock-Based Awards of Options |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | June 26, 2011 |  |  | June 27, 2010 |  |  | June 28, 2009 |
Weighted average grant date fair value per share of options |  | $ | 22.83 |  |  | $ | 14.58 |  |  | $ | 9.29 |
Total intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 40,042 |  |  | $ | 118,162 |  |  | $ | 11,906 |
Summary of Nonvested Shares of Restricted Stock and Stock Unit Awards Outstanding Under the Company's 2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan |
|  | Number of Shares/Units |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value |
Nonvested at June 27, 2010 |  |  | 418 |  |  | $ | 28.68 |
Granted |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 54.18 |
Vested |  |  | (150 | ) |  |  | 28.38 |
Forfeited |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 52.55 |
Nonvested at June 26, 2011 |  |  | 509 |  |  | $ | 40.87 |
Total Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
Income Statement Classification |  | June 26, 2011 |  |  | June 27, 2010 |  |  | June 28, 2009 |
Cost of goods sold |  | $ | 5,454 |  |  | $ | 3,091 |  |  | $ | 4,250 |
Research and development |  |  | 8,388 |  |  |  | 5,040 |  |  |  | 5,267 |
Sales, general and administrative |  |  | 24,398 |  |  |  | 15,936 |  |  |  | 11,595 |
Total operating expenses |  |  | 32,786 |  |  |  | 20,976 |  |  |  | 16,862 |
Total |  | $ | 38,240 |  |  | $ | 24,067 |  |  | $ | 21,112 |
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions Utilized to Value Stock Option Grants |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | June 26, 2011 |  |  | June 27, 2010 |  |  | June 28, 2009 |
Stock Option Grants: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 0.95 | % |  |  | 1.76 | % |  |  | 2.68 | %
Expected life, in years |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 3.7 |  |  |  | 4.0 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 56.7 | % |  |  | 48.4 | % |  |  | 49.7 | %
Dividend Yield |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] |
Schedule of Amendments Increasing the Shares Authorized for Issuance under the Equity Compensation Plan |
Date of Amendment |  | Additional Shares Authorized |
November 3, 2005 |  |  | 2,000,000 |
November 1, 2007 |  |  | 2,000,000 |
October 30, 2008 |  |  | 3,000,000 |
October 29, 2009 |  |  | 3,000,000 |
October 26, 2010 |  |  | 3,000,000 |

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