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Financial Statement Details (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 24, 2012
Financial Statement Details [Abstract] |
Summary of the Components of Accounts Receivable, Net | The following is a summary of the components of accounts receivable, net (in thousands):
| June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011
Billed trade receivables |  | $173,145 |  |  |  | $137,799 |
Unbilled contract receivables | 1,576 |  |  | 1,038 |
| 174,721 |  |  | 138,837 |
Allowance for sales returns, discounts and other incentives | (20,681 | ) |  | (19,615 | )
Allowance for bad debts | (1,782 | ) |  | (753 | )
Total accounts receivable, net |  | $152,258 |  |  |  | $118,469 |
Summary of Changes in Allowance for Sales Returns and Other Incentives | The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s allowance for sales returns and other incentives (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended
| June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011 |  | June 27, 2010
Balance at beginning of period |  | $19,615 |  |  |  | $20,551 |  |  |  | $9,644 |
Current period claims | (64,826 | ) |  | (47,448 | ) |  | (23,036 | )
Provision for sales returns | 65,892 |  |  | 46,512 |  |  | 33,943 |
Balance at end of period |  | $20,681 |  |  |  | $19,615 |  |  |  | $20,551 |
Roll-forward of Allowance for Bad Debts | The following table is a roll forward of the Company’s allowance for bad debts (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years Ended
| June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011 |  | June 27, 2010
Balance at beginning of period |  | $753 |  |  |  | $1,947 |  |  |  | $2,531 |
Current year provision | 1,029 |  |  | (956 | ) |  | 738 |
Write-offs net of recoveries | — |  |  | (238 | ) |  | (1,322 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $1,782 |  |  |  | $753 |  |  |  | $1,947 |
Schedule of Inventory, Current | The following is a summary of the components of inventories (in thousands):
| June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011
Raw material |  | $57,618 |  |  |  | $38,781 |
Work-in-progress | 74,241 |  |  | 74,816 |
Finished goods | 56,990 |  |  | 62,885 |
Total inventories |  | $188,849 |  |  |  | $176,482 |
Components of Property and Equipment | The following table reflects the components of property and equipment (in thousands):
| June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011
Furniture and fixtures |  | $11,499 |  |  |  | $10,439 |
Land and buildings | 289,163 |  |  | 254,190 |
Machinery and equipment | 856,733 |  |  | 799,259 |
Aircraft and vehicles | 15,912 |  |  | 748 |
Computer hardware/software | 29,510 |  |  | 26,954 |
Leasehold improvements and other | 19,082 |  |  | 18,305 |
Construction in progress | 108,986 |  |  | 95,974 |
| 1,330,885 |  |  | 1,205,869 |
Accumulated depreciation | (748,424 | ) |  | (649,940 | )
Property and Equipment, net |  | $582,461 |  |  |  | $555,929 |

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