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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Dec. 25, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of intangible assets, net | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| December 25, 2016 |  | June 26, 2016
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $136,920 |  |  |  | ($79,869 | ) |  |  | $57,051 |  |  |  | $136,920 |  |  |  | ($77,313 | ) |  |  | $59,607 |
Developed technology | 162,760 |  |  | (119,525 | ) |  | 43,235 |  |  | 162,760 |  |  | (110,204 | ) |  | 52,556 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,244 |  |  | (10,244 | ) |  | — |  |  | 10,244 |  |  | (9,917 | ) |  | 327 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |
Patent and licensing rights | 107,656 |  |  | (41,376 | ) |  | 66,280 |  |  | 105,035 |  |  | (37,805 | ) |  | 67,230 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 418,100 |  |  | (251,534 | ) |  | 166,566 |  |  | 415,479 |  |  | (235,759 | ) |  | 179,720 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  | — |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | — |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $497,780 |  |  |  | ($251,534 | ) |  |  | $246,246 |  |  |  | $495,159 |  |  |  | ($235,759 | ) |  |  | $259,400 |
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 25, 2017 (remainder of fiscal 2017) |  | $16,103 |
June 24, 2018 | 31,466 |
June 30, 2019 | 18,826 |
June 28, 2020 | 14,809 |
June 27, 2021 | 13,556 |
Thereafter | 71,806 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $166,566 |

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