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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 26, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of intangible assets, net | The following table presents the components of intangible assets, net (in thousands):
| March 26, 2017 |  | June 26, 2016
| Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($83,115 | ) |  |  | $58,305 |  |  |  | $141,420 |  |  |  | ($78,438 | ) |  |  | $62,982 |
Developed technology | 181,728 |  |  | (127,532 | ) |  | 54,196 |  |  | 181,728 |  |  | (111,884 | ) |  | 69,844 |
Non-compete agreements | 10,475 |  |  | (10,379 | ) |  | 96 |  |  | 10,475 |  |  | (9,994 | ) |  | 481 |
Trade names, finite-lived | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |  |  | 520 |  |  | (520 | ) |  | — |
Patent and licensing rights | 150,378 |  |  | (61,120 | ) |  | 89,258 |  |  | 145,780 |  |  | (55,957 | ) |  | 89,823 |
Total intangible assets with finite lives | 484,521 |  |  | (282,666 | ) |  | 201,855 |  |  | 479,923 |  |  | (256,793 | ) |  | 223,130 |
Trade names, indefinite-lived | 79,680 |  |  | — |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | 79,680 |  |  | — |  |  | 79,680 |
Total intangible assets |  | $564,201 |  |  |  | ($282,666 | ) |  |  | $281,535 |  |  |  | $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 25, 2017 (remainder of fiscal 2017) |  | $14,165 |
June 24, 2018 | 31,611 |
June 30, 2019 | 18,965 |
June 28, 2020 | 14,948 |
June 27, 2021 | 13,681 |
Thereafter | 108,485 |
Total future amortization expense |  | $201,855 |

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