Other Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 03, 2011

Other assets as of June 3, 2011 and December 3, 2010 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2011		2010
Acquired rights to use technology	$	65,044	$	71,521
Investments	23,971		25,018
Deferred compensation plan assets	12,822		11,071
Prepaid land lease	13,136		13,215
Security and other deposits	10,909		11,266
Debt issuance costs	8,987		9,574
Prepaid royalties	6,375		7,726
Restricted cash	2,627		2,499
Prepaid rent	492		787
Other^(*)	17,677		17,194
Other assets	$	162,040	$	169,871

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^(*)Fiscal 2011 and 2010 includes a tax asset of approximately $11.0 million related to an acquired entity.