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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 27, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of intangible assets, net | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| March 27, 2016 |  | June 28, 2015
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($76,871 | ) |  |  | $64,549 |  |  |  | $136,920 |  |  |  | ($72,063 | ) |  |  | $64,857 |
Developed technology | 174,163 |  |  | (106,399 | ) |  | 67,764 |  |  | 162,760 |  |  | (91,562 | ) |  | 71,198 |
In-process research and development | 7,565 |  |  | (270 | ) |  | 7,295 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Non-compete agreements | 10,475 |  |  | (9,485 | ) |  | 990 |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (7,958 | ) |  | 2,286 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |
Patent and licensing rights | 153,462 |  |  | (63,821 | ) |  | 89,641 |  |  | 150,038 |  |  | (57,330 | ) |  | 92,708 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 487,605 |  |  | (257,366 | ) |  | 230,239 |  |  | 460,482 |  |  | (229,433 | ) |  | 231,049 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $567,285 |  |  |  | ($257,366 | ) |  |  | $309,919 |  |  |  | $540,162 |  |  |  | ($229,433 | ) |  |  | $310,729 |
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 26, 2016 (remainder of fiscal 2016) |  | $9,929 |
June 25, 2017 | 37,836 |
June 24, 2018 | 36,605 |
June 30, 2019 | 23,878 |
June 28, 2020 | 18,732 |
Thereafter | 103,259 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $230,239 |

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