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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company's goodwill was as follows (in thousands):
|  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 11,117.8 |
Balance at September 30, 2012 |  | $ | 11,117.8 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company’s intangible assets and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
| Useful Life | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Customer list | 10 years | $1,000.0 |  | $(170.1) |  | $829.9 |  | $1,000.0 |  | $(95.1) |  | $904.9
Manufacturing technology | 10 years | 3,900.0 |  |  | (663.4 | ) |  | 3,236.6 |  |  | 3,900.0 |  |  | (370.9 | ) |  | 3,529.1 |
Tradename | 10 years | 800.0 |  |  | (136.1 | ) |  | 663.9 |  |  | 800.0 |  |  | (76.2 | ) |  | 723.8 |
In process R&D | Indefinite | 9,400.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,400.0 |  |  | 9,400.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,400.0 |
VSEL patent rights | 19 years | 669.0 |  |  | (167.3 | ) |  | 501.7 |  |  | 669.0 |  |  | (140.8 | ) |  | 528.2 |
Total Intangible Assets |  | $15,769.0 |  | $(1,136.9) |  | $14,632.1 |  | $15,769.0 |  | $(683.0) |  | $15,086.0
Schedule of Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | Total intangible amortization expense was classified in the operating expense categories for the periods included below as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Cost of revenue | $ | 97.5 |  |  | $ | 135.0 |  |  | $ | 292.5 |  |  | $ | 376.5 |
Research and development | 8.8 |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | 26.4 |  |  | 26.4 |
Selling, general and administrative | 45.0 |  |  | 67.5 |  |  | 135.0 |  |  | 188.3 |
Total | $ | 151.3 |  |  | $ | 211.3 |  |  | $ | 453.9 |  |  | $ | 591.2 |

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