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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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