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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Income Taxes

Schedule of income (loss) before income taxes

		Years Ended August 31,
		2012			2011			2010
U.S. operations		$	(17,361	)	$	(5,342	)	$	(625	)
Foreign operations			(32,588	)		(10,071	)		11,720
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(49,949	)	$	(15,413	)	$	11,095

Schedule of income tax expense

		Years Ended August 31,
		2012			2011			2010
Current:
U.S. federal		$	—		$	—		$	—
U.S. state			—			—			—
Foreign						38			851
Total current		$	—		$	38		$	851
Deferred:
U.S. federal			—			—		$	—
U.S. state			—			—			—
Foreign			—			687			(584	)
Total deferred		$	—		$	687			(584	)
Total income tax expense		$	—		$	725		$	267

Schedule of income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to pretax income (loss)

		Years Ended August 31,
		2012			2011			2010
Computed "expected" income tax expense (benefit)		$	(16,983	)	$	(5,240	)	$	3,772
State tax—net of federal benefit			—			—			—
Foreign tax rate differential			2,487			586			(1,920	)
Decrease (increase) in investment credits			—			(1,907	)		43
Valuation allowance			14,089			7,179			(1,628	)
Other			407			107			—
Income tax expense		$	—		$	725		$	267

Schedule of net deferred tax assets (liabilities)

		August 31, 2012			August 31, 2011
Deferred tax assets:
Inventories, primarily due to inventory obsolescence and lower of cost or market provisions		$	1,810		$	1,303
Income tax credits			1,912			2,962
Allowance for doubtful accounts			362			236
Accruals and other			171			134
Property, plant and equipment			1,292			12
Stock-based compensation			651			405
Foreign investment loss			5,506			942
Net operating loss carryforwards			11,522			3,633
Total gross deferred tax assets			23,226			9,627
Less: Valuation allowance			(22,474	)		(9,346	)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		$	752		$	281
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment		$	(25	)	$	(46	)
Intangible assets			(180	)		(233	)
Accruals and other			(547	)		(2	)
Total gross deferred tax liabilities			(752	)		(281	)
Net deferred tax assets		$	—		$	—

Schedule of unused net operating loss carryforwards and income tax credits

		August 31, 2012			Expiration Year
U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards		$	6,976			2025 - 2032
U.S. state net operating loss carryforwards			489			2017 - 2024
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards (expiring over the next 5 years)			2,224			2013 - 2017
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards (expiring in more than 5 years)			26,665			2018 - 2023
Foreign income tax credit carryovers			1,912			2013 - 2015
Total unused net operating loss carryforwards and income tax credits		$	38,266

Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of unrecognized tax benefits

		Years Ended August 31,
		2012			2011			2010
Unrecognized benefit—beginning of year		$	330		$	252		$	119
Gross increases—current year tax positions			—			—			89
Gross increases—prior years tax positions			—			78			44
Settlements of prior years tax positions			(185	)		—			—
Unrecognized benefit—end of year		$	145		$	330		$	252

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