Note 15. Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Text Block]

The share-based compensation expense that we recognized in our consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 25, 2010 was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011		September 25, 2010		September 30, 2011		September 25, 2010
Share-based compensation expense included in:
Cost of sales	$	9,653	$	8,588	$	26,098	$	19,312
Research and development	3,884		2,561		11,184		7,599
Selling, general and administrative	14,342		14,731		45,736		42,661
Production start-up	808		352		2,507		1,176
Total share-based compensation expense	$	28,687	$	26,232	$	85,525	$	70,748

The following table presents our share-based compensation expense by type of award for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 25, 2010 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011			September 25, 2010		September 30, 2011			September 25, 2010
Stock options	$	59		$	482	$	819		$	2,037
Restricted stock units	28,444			23,769		85,357			68,641
Unrestricted stock	225			176		677			483
Net amount (absorbed into) released from inventory	(41		)	1,805		(1,328		)	(413		)
Total share-based compensation expense	$	28,687		$	26,232	$	85,525		$	70,748