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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 25, 2017 | Jun. 26, 2016
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |
Schedule of Goodwill by Reporting Unit | Goodwill by reporting unit as of June 25, 2017 was as follows (in thousands):
LED Products |  | Lighting Products |  | Wolfspeed |  | Consolidated Total
| $180,278 |  |  |  | $337,781 |  |  |  | $100,769 |  |  |  | $618,828 |
| Goodwill by reporting unit as of June 26, 2016 was as follows (in thousands):
LED Products |  | Lighting Products |  | Wolfspeed |  | Consolidated Total
| $180,278 |  |  |  | $337,781 |  |  |  | $100,769 |  |  |  | $618,828 |
Components of Intangible Assets | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| June 25, 2017 |  | June 26, 2016
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($84,673 | ) |  |  | $56,747 |  |  |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($78,438 | ) |  |  | $62,982 |
Developed technology | 181,728 |  |  | (132,747 | ) |  | 48,981 |  |  | 181,728 |  |  | (111,884 | ) |  | 69,844 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,475 |  |  | (10,398 | ) |  | 77 |  |  | 10,475 |  |  | (9,994 | ) |  | 481 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |
Patent and licensing rights | 151,985 |  |  | (63,155 | ) |  | 88,830 |  |  | 145,780 |  |  | (55,957 | ) |  | 89,823 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 486,128 |  |  | (291,493 | ) |  | 194,635 |  |  | 479,923 |  |  | (256,793 | ) |  | 223,130 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $565,808 |  |  |  | ($291,493 | ) |  |  | $274,315 |  |  |  | $559,603 |  |  |  | ($256,793 | ) |  |  | $302,810 |
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 24, 2018 |  | $38,858 |
June 30, 2019 | 37,320 |
June 28, 2020 | 24,463 |
June 27, 2021 | 19,192 |
June 26, 2022 | 17,816 |
Thereafter | 56,986 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $194,635 |

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