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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of intangible assets, net | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| March 30, 2014 |  | June 30, 2013
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $137,440 |  |  |  | ($65,131 | ) |  |  | $72,309 |  |  |  | $137,440 |  |  |  | ($59,611 | ) |  |  | $77,829 |
Developed technology | 162,760 |  |  | (68,260 | ) |  | 94,500 |  |  | 162,760 |  |  | (53,476 | ) |  | 109,284 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,244 |  |  | (5,507 | ) |  | 4,737 |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (4,037 | ) |  | 6,207 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (510 | ) |  | 10 |  |  | 520 |  |  | (493 | ) |  | 27 |
Patent and licensing rights | 129,599 |  |  | (40,388 | ) |  | 89,211 |  |  | 116,147 |  |  | (34,849 | ) |  | 81,298 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 440,563 |  |  | (179,796 | ) |  | 260,767 |  |  | 427,111 |  |  | (152,466 | ) |  | 274,645 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 82,880 |  |  |  |  |  | 82,880 |  |  | 82,880 |  |  |  |  |  | 82,880 |
Total intangible assets |  | $523,443 |  |  |  | ($179,796 | ) |  |  | $343,647 |  |  |  | $509,991 |  |  |  | ($152,466 | ) |  |  | $357,525 |
Future amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets | Total future amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets is estimated to be as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year Ending |
June 29, 2014 (remainder of fiscal 2014) |  | $9,035 |
June 28, 2015 | 33,973 |
June 26, 2016 | 33,686 |
June 25, 2017 | 31,702 |
June 24, 2018 | 30,534 |
Thereafter | 121,837 |
Total |  | $260,767 |

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