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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of intangible assets, net | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| March 29, 2015 |  | June 29, 2014
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $136,920 |  |  |  | ($70,737 | ) |  |  | $66,183 |  |  |  | $137,440 |  |  |  | ($66,970 | ) |  |  | $70,470 |
Developed technology | 162,760 |  |  | (86,902 | ) |  | 75,858 |  |  | 162,760 |  |  | (72,921 | ) |  | 89,839 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,244 |  |  | (7,467 | ) |  | 2,777 |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (5,997 | ) |  | 4,247 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (516 | ) |  | 4 |
Patent and licensing rights | 146,675 |  |  | (48,944 | ) |  | 97,731 |  |  | 134,607 |  |  | (42,424 | ) |  | 92,183 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 457,119 |  |  | (214,570 | ) |  | 242,549 |  |  | 445,571 |  |  | (188,828 | ) |  | 256,743 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $536,799 |  |  |  | ($214,570 | ) |  |  | $322,229 |  |  |  | $525,251 |  |  |  | ($188,828 | ) |  |  | $336,423 |
Schedule of 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 28, 2015 (remainder of fiscal 2015) |  | $8,808 |
June 26, 2016 | 35,057 |
June 25, 2017 | 33,036 |
June 24, 2018 | 31,842 |
June 30, 2019 | 19,308 |
Thereafter | 114,498 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $242,549 |

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