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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 26, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies |
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | June 26, 2011 |  |  | June 27, 2010 |  |  | June 28, 2009 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 1,308 |  |  | $ | 662 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Costs accrued for new warranty contracts and changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties |  |  | 1,448 |  |  |  | 893 |  |  |  | 564 |
Expenditures |  |  | (521 | ) |  |  | (247 | ) |  |  | (40 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 2,235 |  |  | $ | 1,308 |  |  | $ | 662 |
Future Minimum Rental Payments |
Fiscal Years Ending |  | Minimum Rental Amount |
June 24, 2012 |  | $ | 2,664 |
June 30, 2013 |  |  | 1,879 |
June 29, 2014 |  |  | 1,576 |
June 28, 2015 |  |  | 1,456 |
June 26, 2016 |  |  | 335 |
Thereafter |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 7,910 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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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 -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 8 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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