Note 13 - Interest and Other Income, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

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Note 13.     Interest and Other Income, Net

The components of interest and other income, net, for fiscal 2011, the Transition Period and fiscal 2010 are as follows:

			Nine-Month
	Fiscal Year		Transition		Fiscal Year
	Ended		Period Ended		Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		March 31,
	2011		2010		2010
	(in thousands)
Interest income	$	4,088	$	5,101	$	8,496
Realized currency translation gains		3,934		18		399
Gain on sale of investments		-		-		440
Gain on settlement of class action suit		-		-		944
Other		336		89		182
	$	8,358	$	5,208	$	10,461

In fiscal 2010, the Company received $0.9 million from Micron Technology, Inc. as part of a class action settlement regarding DRAM antitrust matters and recorded a gain of $0.4 million from the sale of an investment in a non-controlling interest of a non-public company.