SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all the accounts of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company prepared the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

In management’s opinion, the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to fairly present the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Interim period operating results do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2015 has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of that date but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. These financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses in the reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to its:


•	capitalized mask sets including their useful lives, which affect cost of goods sold and property and equipment or Research and Development ("R&D") expenses, if not capitalized;


•	inventory valuation, warranty liabilities and revenue reserves, which affect cost of sales, gross margin, and revenues;


•	allowance for doubtful accounts, which affects operating expenses;


•	unrealized losses or other-than-temporary impairments of short-term investments available for sale, which affect interest income (expense), net;


•	valuation of other long-lived assets and goodwill, which affects depreciation and impairment of long-lived assets, impairment of goodwill and apportionment of goodwill related to divestitures;


•	potential costs of litigation, which affect operating expenses;


•	valuation of deferred income taxes, which affects income tax expense (benefit); and


•	stock-based compensation, which affects gross margin and operating expenses.

The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from management’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") No. 2014-15, "Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern", which requires an entity's management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued or within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued, when applicable. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating this new standard, and after adoption, it will incorporate this guidance in its assessment of going concern.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers", which will supersede most of the existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. This ASU requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This standard's effective date was for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. In July 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferral of the effective date. Early adoption is not permitted but adoption on the original effective date is permitted. The ASU allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the potential effect of this ASU on its financial statements and related disclosures.