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Employee Termination Benefits | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2016
Employee Termination Benefits |
Employee Termination Benefits |
| 11. |  | EMPLOYEE TERMINATION BENEFITS
In December 2015, the Company announced a restructuring plan with respect to its chips manufacturing operation in order to better align its fabless business model. Under the restructuring plan, the Company implemented certain workforce reductions with respect to its chips manufacturing operation. In the second quarter of fiscal 2016, part of its employees related to the Company’s chips manufacturing transferred to their ODM partner. The Company also reduced the workforce at chips manufacturing operations that are no longer required to support production and operations. Accordingly, employee termination benefits of $207 thousand for 66 employees, or approximately 29 percent of the workforce, was recognized during the year ended August 31, 2016.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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