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Restructuring
9 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2012
Restructuring [Abstract]  
Restructuring
Note 16
Restructuring

The following table shows the provision of the restructuring charges and the liability remaining as of January 1, 2012:
 
(in thousands)
 
Cost of
Goods Sold
  
Operating
Expenses
  
Totals
 
Balance as of April 3, 2011
 $9,187  $815  $10,002 
Provision
  (1,425)  2,991   1,566 
Cash payments
  (166)  (241)  (407)
Balance as of January 1, 2012
 $7,596  $3,565  $11,161 

As part of an effort to streamline operations with changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization, the Company has undertaken restructuring actions, to reduce its workforce and consolidate facilities.  The Company's restructuring expenses have been comprised primarily of: (i) severance and termination benefit costs related to the reduction of its workforce; and (ii) lease termination costs and costs associated with permanently vacating certain facilities. 

Associated with the Company's plans to fully divest its remaining video processing product lines, during the nine months ended January 1, 2012, the Company recorded $1.9 million in restructuring expenses for employee retention costs. These costs have been recorded to discontinued operations. As of January 1, 2012, the total accrued balance for employee retention costs related to this restructuring action was $1.9 million.
 
In connection with the Company's plan to transition the manufacture of products to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited (“TSMC”), management approved a plan to exit wafer production operations at its Oregon fabrication facility.  As a result, the Company accrued estimated restructuring expenses of $4.8 million for severance payments and other benefits associated with this restructuring action in fiscal 2010. During the nine months ended January 1, 2012, the Company decreased this accrual by $2.9 million based on the actual number of employee that have been offered employment with the prospective acquirer of the wafer fabrication facility. As of January 1, 2012, the total accrued balance for severance costs related to this restructuring was $1.9 million.  Also associated with this restructuring action, during the nine months ended January 1, 2012, the Company recorded $2.6 million for employee retention costs. As of January 1, 2012, the total accrued balance for employee retention costs related to this restructuring action was $6.7 million. The Company expects to complete this restructuring action in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

In connection with the discontinuing of manufacturing operations at its Singapore facility in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company exited its leased facility in Singapore in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. As a result, the Company recorded lease impairment charges of approximately $0.5 million in fiscal 2011, which represented the future rental payments under the agreements, reduced by an estimate of sublease incomes, and discounted to present value using an interest rate applicable to the Company. These charges were recorded as cost of goods sold.  Since the initial restructuring, the Company has made lease payments of $0.4 million.  As of January 1, 2012, the remaining accrued lease liabilities were $0.1 million. The Company expects to continue paying the facility lease charges through, and concluding in, the third quarter of fiscal 2013.

In connection with the divestiture of Silicon Logic Engineering business in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company exited a leased facility. As a result, the Company recorded lease impairment charges of approximately $0.5 million, which represented the future rental payments under the agreements, reduced by an estimate of sublease incomes, and discounted to present value using an interest rate applicable to the Company. These charges were recorded as SG&A expense.  Since the initial restructuring, the Company has made lease payments of $0.4 million related to the vacated facilities.  As of January 1, 2012, the remaining accrued lease liabilities were $0.1 million. The Company expects to continue paying the facility lease charges through, and concluding in, the first quarter of fiscal 2013.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company completed the consolidation of its Northern California workforce into its San Jose headquarters and exited a leased facility in Salinas, California. The Company recorded lease impairment charges of approximately $2.1 million, of which $0.6 million was recorded as cost of revenues, $0.9 million was recorded as R&D expense and $0.6 million was recorded as SG&A expense. Since the initial restructuring, the Company has made lease payments of $1.6 million related to the vacated facility in Salinas.  As of January 1, 2012, the remaining accrued lease liabilities were $0.5 million. The Company expects to continue paying the facility lease charges through, and concluding in, the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.