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Insurance recovery recorded in cost of revenue	36,000,000
Unis Venture \| Product Concentration Risk \| Accounts Receivable Benchmark
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Concentration risk, percentage			10.00%		8.00%
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Western Digital Corp \| Minimum
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Western Digital Corp \| Maximum
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Investment funding commitments, percentage	50.00%		50.00%
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